OK so its my day off and i've been laying in bed for several hours after waking up. Then i came up with the genius idea of painting some of the faded trim on my CRX. But then i came up with an even better idea of making a gay little write-up. So here it goes...


Before, the black from the upper window frame faded away


place a piece of tape over the weatherstripping and slightly over the area thats being painted.


use your finger to push the tape into the crevice


heres what it should look like


not really nessecary but you can remove this trim piece and the mirror. I actually suggest not removing the pieces after the fact.


everything masked away


Crap i forgot i ran out of black spray paint after i sprayed my wheels. a few minutes of searching and i found that^^^. A rusty ol' can of black spray paint.


spray a light and even coat. Allow to dry and repeat... a couple times.


after


a closer shot. what a difference!!!

 

I like your shoe rack. I'm going to put one of those in my garage.

 

I did this too but instead of taping the weather stripping, I just pulled it out and after painting I stuck it back in.

Looks good

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Jonathan_ED3 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I like your shoe rack. I'm going to put one of those in my garage.</TD></TR></TABLE>
I just bought the 50 pair shoe rack, I like it.
Oh, the REX looks better, cool write up.

 

looks pretty good..

may consider in doing mine now

 

shoe rack?
nice moldings, hawaiian heat must be on em

 

mine has like rubber over metel and the metal is starting to rust. Is this different on ur ca?

 

Nice...

Any suggestions for painting the rear strip that goes across the top of the hatch near the roof?
I have tried to chip it off and leave it that polished look, but its like cake'd on there from years of sun exposure.

 

nice write up looks like i have something to do tomorrow

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Smokinsax &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Nice...

Any suggestions for painting the rear strip that goes across the top of the hatch near the roof?
I have tried to chip it off and leave it that polished look, but its like cake'd on there from years of sun exposure. </TD></TR></TABLE>
I was planning to paint that part also but if you look at my pic im gonna have to chip off the old paint first. cosmetic things are not really a priority on this car. lol the only reason i did the side window frame was cause i was bored.

 

I did my window frames last summer with Duplicolor Trim Paint. It was easy to do and turned out very nice. A notable improvement in appearance for such a subtle, quick task.

I prefer to use the blue or green painter's tape rather than regular white masking tape, because it doesn't leave any glue residue behind. Also, don't forget to wipe the surface to be painted beforehand with something like brake parts cleaner to remove any oils and other contaminants.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by zclee &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
I was planning to paint that part also but if you look at my pic im gonna have to chip off the old paint first. cosmetic things are not really a priority on this car. lol the only reason i did the side window frame was cause i was bored.</TD></TR></TABLE>Yeah...i could only get so far with the chipping, after that its stuck like chuck.

 

painters tape is much more resistant to letting paint seep under the tape. i didnt feel painters tape was nessecary because i was tucking the tape behind the weather stripping.

 

Are those Airforce 1's i see

 

definitely doing mine now.... sometime or another

 

i have to do mine now thanks for the info

 

this worked perfectly

good write up

 

did you guys use flat black or gloss?

 

wow back from the dead thread.

me myself i use gloss for the car and flat for ANY car trim, includuding this trim in the thread

 

Wow you taped yours. I was really lazy and just rolled down the window all the way and open the door and just sparyed it flat black.

 

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me myself i use gloss for the car and flat for ANY car trim, includuding this trim in the thread</TD></TR></TABLE>

 

Doing mine this weekend (both cars). Glad to see a write up like this but since its so old the pics dont show up.

 

pics dont work

 

Last post to this thread before yours occurred 1 year and 3 days ago.
The original post with the pics was made in 2006.
The person that created this thread has not been logged into this site since May.

good luck getting to see the pics.

 

Oh lol my bad