Well I was wondering how many of you guys have painted your black trim... bumpers... lower panels. Also... how long has it lasted you. Any special prep work that needs to be done?

Only decent pic of my car for now... so I am whoring it out some more

 

I take the side moldings off the car first, then paint them, then put them back on...

i guess for the bumper you can use some masking tape

i got some spray cans at a kragen auto parts store...i think it was duplicolor if i remember correctly...it still looks great after a year

 

Dont wash or get the car wet at all for a while..Then clean the trim off real good with some alcohol and then spray the paint..I used duplicolor plastic trim paint..Its lasted through this terrible weather in NJ for a while now..

 

Well I am planning on reshoothing the entire car FYI

 

check my crx in my sig. had front n rear bumper moldings painted including lower part of both bumpers were painted flat black. u can tell i didnt paint my door or lower door molding at all. plannin to get those painted also. its been almost 8 months since she was painted. still looks damn good washed her several times already

 

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Nice car... what springs are on it and how does it ride?

FYI everyone... I am talking about color maching here... painting the trim like this

 

I like the painted moldings. I plan on painting my car British Racing Green or Jaguar Racing Green and I will be painting the moldings.

 

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smooth

 

im painting the lower moldings, mirrors, door handles, lower portion of rear bumper, and lower part of the front too.

anyone have a white rex like this?

 

like this


My painter said he just sanded them sprayed adhesion promoter then primed and painted and clearcoated, I had everything painted I think it looks cleaner, I think he did a good job the car used to be a diff color you cant tell. Engine, interior, wiring, and all glass was removed to spray entire car
I think I might spray the grill openings black like the one silver one pictured above

 

NICE... looks good


What lip is that?

 

ww mugen copy fron an EG

 

Your car would look super clean if you painted the bottom silver and left the door/bumper trim black.

This was my first CRX (spray paint)

 

looks good

 

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Thank you I will post pics when I get it done ETA 6 months. I just thought it would look nice since we have all seen Gray, Black, White, Yellow so I thought green might look pretty good. BRG looked good on all the Mini's old and new.

 

tha white one...thats what i want mine to look like

 

Paint it, than add some EK skirts and a Renault Laguna front lip (leave those black)

That looks gorgeous...

 

I am talking about both upper and lower trim.

That that?

 

imo trim looks better black expecialy on a silver car

 

When I got the car a little over a month ago



and the car a few weeks ago.....


16s going on...



I would take a pic of the turbo.. interior.. nitrous... and other crap if I had a cam. Some are on the car... some not

I think painting them all will look fone. I just worry about it sticking

 

I miss my white little automatic CRX, If I knew then what I know now I wouldnt have sold it for being auto.

 

So far mine has lasted great for ~9 months... except the spots where I got a little bit of wax.

Even it it faded after a year, just go spend another $5 on some paint and spray them again.