1275rob replied to the topic 'Red paint peeling' in the forum. 2 months ago

I paint my mirrors and door handles recentley in flame red as they were badly faded.  The door mirrors are attached with a couple of screws and are easy to remove, you also need to remove the doorcard and disconnect the heated mirror plug.  The doorhandles a a bit fiddly and I found an excellent post with pictures in the how to guides on this forum to be able to remove them.  I used masking tape in the mirrors rather than taking them apart and then rubbed down the red with 400 grit sandpaper and then 800 grit wet and dry, three coats of plastic primer, then red and then laquer and they came out great.

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