I have a red 91 hatchback and I'm getting the bumpers painted like this. I planned on leaving the side molding, wiper arms, door handles, and side mirrors all black. I think they look good the way they are, but do you guys think any of those would look better painted?




[Modified by OldSchoolHatch, 1:28 AM 5/5/2002]

 

ttt

 

i say u just leave all the trim pieces and moundings the way they are. it looks good the way they are.

 

Leave it the way it is. I love the stock black trimmings on all cars.

 

leave it black it will look better..

 

yeh leave it black much better

 

I had the same color as your hatch.. I would suggest leave the trimming the way they are, it looks much better.

 

i actually like it without the trim painted. i would leave it like that, I have my moldings painted and my bumpers if you wanna see pics of it i can show you what it would look like

 

remove the trim it looks a lot nicer. get the door caps from a wings west rs get and that'll look tight! All the girls will be all over you. they'll go damn his car looks good the driver must be a hottie, I wanna jump his bone. Good to go.

 

wow, you really think that will work? haha

 

leave the way they are, if you are worried about the fading get them painted black again. Stock Si's look nice.

 

get some back to black cause your **** is faded!

 

Keep the trim black.
This is the paint we use at the shop- SEM trim paint #39143
Works awsome, I've painted all my trim,front bumper,driver mirror, window trim and mud flaps.
Later-HC4G

 

Hey Trinity, I would like to see those pics even though I'm probably leaving mine black. I already picked up some Black Satin auto trim coating spray so I can redo my wiper arms that are chipping again and the faded stuff like the strip on the bumpers, the side molding, side mirrors, and the wide strip in between the side windows on the 90-91s. Is this all I need or should I put a clear coat of spraypaint or something on after? And is there an easy way to do these without taking them off, because I know it's a big pain to get the side molding back on the way it was. And isn't doing the window trim a pain?

By the way, that's not a pic of my hatchback. My bumpers aren't painted yet.

 

i think body color doorhandles are clean

id leave everything else (mirrors, moulding strip) black tho

 

Thanks, but can anyone help me with those questions?

 

hey...
yeah i think that maybe you shoudl leave the trim black. but i like it when the mirrors are painted. a little black is good...
i have a 90 crx si, and my mirrors are painted white like the rest of my car, and i think it looks pimp. but black moldings are dope.
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but what should i do? i think i want WW. but i also want a sir front... but i think i will go with WW, same price, with more look i guess... but SIR is so ******* dope *** looking...
millions of props to whom ever has SIR fronts... i love you!!!

 

LEAVE IT BLACK, OR IT WOULD LOOK WACK, THEN GET SOME VISION MIRRORS (spoon).

 

Does anyone know how to get all the molding off of an 88crx? just the molding that is suppose to prevent dings(haha). I am about to repaint mine back to black. It looks much better that way. So in my opinion....leave yours black also. Any comments would be great.

 

Thanks for everyone's opinion, but I already decided I want to leave everything black and repaint it to look better. I still need help though...

I already picked up some Black Satin auto trim coating spray so I can redo my wiper arms that are chipping again and the faded stuff like the strip on the bumpers, the side molding, side mirrors, and the wide strip in between the side windows on the 90-91s. Is this all I need or should I put a clear coat of spraypaint or something on after? And is there an easy way to do these without taking them off, because I know it's a big pain to get the side molding back on the way it was. And isn't doing the window trim a pain?