I have a black crx im getting ready for paint and body work, should i paint all the mouldings (door mouldings, bumper mouldings, and factory side skirts) black with the car?? anyone have any pics of a black crx with all painted mouldings?

 

Man, if you paint your moldings.......I dont even know

 

I painted my moldings on a civic hatch


but on a crx dont do it!

 

Absolutely not, my bodyman painted mine without asking and you can't take the paint back off, so he says. And thanks for the help the other day.

 

yeah deffy not on a crx if it was a hatch then yeah i would

 

for me, yes.

 

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but on a crx dont do it!</TD></TR></TABLE>

 

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He speaks lies.
I bought a set of 88 Doors where the trim had been painted.
I used acetone and it came off. It makes a horrible mess, and ruins whatever your using to wipe it off, but you can get it all off and have your trim plush. If you dont like the trims natural color, just get some trim paint. But acetone is your best friend for moldings, it makes em look brand new!

 

i think painting them usually makes the car look cheap, and when i see that moldings are painted i know the paint isn't original

 

what ever way u go, make sure the moldings are off when the body is painted. then paint moldings whatever u want. i took mine off then painted nice black then re installed what a nice job no regrets .!(take them off paint black then reinstall) is my opinion!

 

no

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 1RMDave &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i think painting them usually makes the car look cheap, and when i see that moldings are painted i know the paint isn't original</TD></TR></TABLE>
Well, if your paintin em blue red green whatever, then they look like ****.
But paintin em black with trim paint makes them look plusher then ****.
I cant stress it enough,
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by bad 91 teg &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> take them off paint black then reinstall </TD></TR></TABLE>
wipe em down with acetone in between those steps and slap em baack on and that will make your CRX look AMAZING!!!!

 

i would leave them black .. but i like the stock look of an ef . make it look stock.

 

Do what you like, and not what everyone else likes. Me yes, but depends on your taste, theres no wrong or right.

 

It looks good...for a couple of months. It's inevetably going to chip. That stuff doesn't like paint.

 

if the car is already black..and the trim is black... leave them black. Not gonna make a huge difference

 

I got a black '88 CRX Si. Gloss black wit gloss black moldings. I just washed up the car today so I'll take some shots of it for ya. I'll post 'em up tonight.

 

paint them!

 

Please post pics, if i do it i plan to paint them off the car and clear them

 

As long as you are staying with black, I think they will look good painted.

 

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Really? I wouldn't know, I just left mine the natural dark grey the plastic is, looks awesome, but I can imagine they'd look great as dark black, but if it's gonna flake off

 

No. Buy new moldings.

 

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They're expensive...how easy are they to take off? I fucked up some from a donor door on accident

 

Some flat black paints and primers do kinda stick to them. I'm not a paint expert, but it seems it gets absorbed.

 

theres a black CRX down the street from me with gloss black moldings and it looks darn nice. on any other color i dont think itll look right but if youre keeping it black then