Which spray paint to use?

[hammond]

I'm just about to venture into spraying some side scoops I have for my F but just after some advice. I'm going to spray them black.

What's the best make of spray paint to use?
They are bare material so shall I undercoat them first?
And after top coats is there need for like a top clear finishing coat to protect the paint?

Any advice or links to best paint to use most welcome

[Fraser]

If they are plastic side scoops, then you need to use a plastic primer. Nowadays you can do the job with aerosols quite easily, Halfords sell the plastic primer, colour and clear coats. Modern paints used by the refinish and repair trade use a water-based paint for the colour coat and a clear coat is needed on top of this. Some aerosol colour coats are intended to take a clear coat on top, and thus do not shine once dry, the shine is supplied by the clear coat.

[talkingcars]

Only some Halfords mix aerosols, an alternative is your local motor paint supplies or there is a place in Hove that does mail order.

[hammond]

Thanks for the tips guys. They're moulded sort of material so guess they must be plastic, certainly not metal