My Alfa 156 2.0 is with the very original design. The two rubber strips on the front bumper are black that matches the colour of the side mirrors and the strip at the back bumper. I like this subtle two-tone design more than unified arrangement on the facelift / more expensive models.
When I had the front bumper resprayed, the workshop made a mistake. They sprayed the rubber strip with the silver paint. The remedy they used is to cover the silver paint with a layer of black paint on the top. I didn’t realise it until I tried wiping off some white spots on the strip, them I found the black is not the rubber and the white spots are the paint in silver……
What should I do? I don’t know how to remove the 2 layers of paints on top of the original rubber. Asking for restoration from the workshop? It has been 6 months ago from the job done, I can’t be bothered to go through the negotiation process. So I decided to try something new by myself – the removable paint – Plasti Dip
The advantage is that I can remove it if I make mistake and it is much cheaper than having a painting workshop doing it. I am happy with the result.
The entire job took me around 2 hours to complete. The actual time used for painting is only 30 to 40 minutes, having the surrounding surface well covered indeed is the most time consuming tasks. The only disadvantage using the Plasti Dip for this purpose is that I need to do it every a few years to keep it tidy.
