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Egrajeda

Does anyone have any idea what is the process to sand and smooth these mirrors out because I want to paint the black part and leave the chrome what kind of sand paper should I start with maybe 200 or 400 any suggestions or tips?

JSmith

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Use 400 to knock down the texture and then follow that with some 800-1000 grit to finish it out. Don't go too heavy on the initial grit because once you get a deep scratch it's a pain to get rid of and sanding it away in one spot will leave a divit in the plastic.

Egrajeda

So I should start with 400 because I want to sand a little before I take them to the guy who is going to paint them do you think just using 400 grit would be enough?

JSmith

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I would start at 400. The plastic that those mirrors are made of is pretty soft and scratches/gouges super easy from heavy grit sand paper. Hiding deep scratches/gouges in plastic doesn't work the same as it would with metal. If you're paint guy is going to do the final prep I would just knock down the texture with 400. If you want to do the smoothing yourself, I'd finish it off with some 800 or even 1000.

03rado5.3

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the plugs on the 03's are different from the 99-02's, the cord is also alot longer, b/c I bought a set of the wrong streetscene mirrors and the cord was to short so I sold them to a friend, and finally ended up getting the right ones

Egrajeda

Here are some pics of one of my handles that I sanded and smoothed out well the first is of the textured handle and the other is of the smooth one I just dont want to mess up anything Its just that I have never done this before let me know what you think?

JSmith

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From what I can see of the bottom pic, that looks good. All the texture is gone? If so, I'd say they're ready.

Egrajeda

Check out this pic I started to sand my mirror from the bottom what do you think is it normal to have thoe little lines?

Egrajeda

Someone?