Spending Thanksgiving at my parents gave me access to a garage that I could heat enough to think about spraying the new replacement fender.
I used the same products I used for a wagon fender I replaced a few years back. Primer, basecoat and clearcoat from
www.automotivetouchup.com. They sell aerosol cans of each with factory colors. Highly recommended.
Here's a shot of it after three base coats. I sanded the primer with 800 grit and 1000 grit prior to spraying.
I hit it with three wet coats of clear after a few hours of drying. Here it is on the car (just sitting in place) after drying overnight. There's a few small areas that have some barely visible orange peel. I thought long and hard about hitting them with some 3000 grit but decided against it as this fender would look better than the rest of the car anyway.
