E46ste Posted August 10, 2016 Report Share Posted August 10, 2016 hi there, has anyone just simply lacquered their black cube trim? I'm after a fresher look and thought just a simple coat of lacquer would make a huge difference. any pics if you've done this? thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruesta Posted August 10, 2016 Report Share Posted August 10, 2016 8 hours ago, E46ste said: hi there, has anyone just simply lacquered their black cube trim? I'm after a fresher look and thought just a simple coat of lacquer would make a huge difference. any pics if you've done this? thanks. Yep, I have and it brought them up a treat. If they're really scratched it won't hide all the scratches but if they're just a bit dull like mine were it brought them up like new. I will dig out some pics when I'm next at my PC with camera. On the door handle things I first gave them a couple of very light coats of gloss black - VERY light so as not to fill in the pattern - then gave them several coats of lacquer - the results were amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruesta Posted August 10, 2016 Report Share Posted August 10, 2016 11 hours ago, E46ste said: hi there, has anyone just simply lacquered their black cube trim? I'm after a fresher look and thought just a simple coat of lacquer would make a huge difference. any pics if you've done this? thanks. Just remembered there's a picture of my lacquered trims in my build thread, hopefully the link below takes you to the page the picture is on, if not have a look through, there's not many pages and there's a picture in there somewhere. I'll post up a few more when I'm at my work pc next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E46ste Posted August 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2016 15 hours ago, Ruesta said: Yep, I have and it brought them up a treat. If they're really scratched it won't hide all the scratches but if they're just a bit dull like mine were it brought them up like new. I will dig out some pics when I'm next at my PC with camera. On the door handle things I first gave them a couple of very light coats of gloss black - VERY light so as not to fill in the pattern - then gave them several coats of lacquer - the results were amazing! Thanks for that, just checked out your thread looks great, that's how I thought it would look. going to have a go this evening. Ruesta 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruesta Posted August 12, 2016 Report Share Posted August 12, 2016 On 11/08/2016 at 09:20, E46ste said: Thanks for that, just checked out your thread looks great, that's how I thought it would look. going to have a go this evening. Good luck with it mate. A few thin coats of lacquer should bring it up real nice. Might be worth grabbing a few of those red clip things for the dash trims, if they're the originals a few will probably break as you remove the trims. Ebay ones worked ok for me :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E46ste Posted August 14, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2016 Sprayed today. Just lacquer. Looks great. Rears are already in and look good, really shiney. Maybe if I was to do it again id flash in black first to get rid of a few scratches etc like you said. But still happy with results. Almost looks carbon now. martyb and Ruesta 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_C Posted May 9, 2017 Report Share Posted May 9, 2017 So did you paint these 1st? Then lacquer? They look good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveNE Posted May 9, 2017 Report Share Posted May 9, 2017 Ive done the same. Light spray of Black to hide the scratches. then 4 coats of Clear Lacquer sorted I still hate the carbon cube but it looks much cleaner inside Ruesta 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
