I've seen alot of cars around that have the window trim ripping off or fading to chrome. It doesn't seem like its worth it to buy it from the dealer so I decided to paint it instead.

Window trim

What you need
-Trim Paint
-Acetone (optional)
-Sandpaper (I used 800 grit)
-Microfiber towels (any towels should work)
-Painters tape
-Razorblade

So here it is, the chrome part



Now take a razor blade and try to cut off all the excess parts that are ripping



and BAM!


Now sand it down, then use acetone to wipe off all the dirt and what not


Now have fun with the painters tape!


Ready for paint!


1st coat


2nd coat


and Ta-da!




Windshield wiper arm

What you need
-Sandpaper
-Trim paint
-Acetone (optional)

the fugly faded to chrome wiper arm


painted it


and Ta-da!


Also painted the sideskirt & mudguards



Enjoy!

 

good ****

 

Good call, I did this to my conquest, and even for such a little thing, it really makes it look a lot better.

 

Looks nice.

 

 

Excellent write up.

 

nice write up vince

 

nice

 

nice write up

 

I have been meaning to do this as well... good work

 

Looks good

 

haha you used a phone book, thats tight.

 

should have repainted your whole car! ahah good job.

 

did you use jdm newspaper also? haha

 

It's a lot easier to take the window trim off of the car to do the prep and paint. Good writeup though.

 

now do the roof trim...

 

the chrome around the windows is hot if you can get it to shine....i took all the black stuff off and made it bilng. looks good to me.

 

 

i always do windshield wipers to all my cars whenever it turns to chrome and you motivated me to do my window trim today. it was a bad experience...

i bought the trim paint my brother told me he had sandpaper but he didnt. i said f it and didnt prep it at all except for taping and putting up papers from the current dell catalog and i bagged the sideview mirror and sprayed.

problem one. i really should have sanded it looks like **** with the old paint thats still there.

problem two. i missed a spot taping and accidentally sprayed the driver side mirror a little black. and my car is midori green

problem three. i got owned by a gust of wind and overspray and the passenger side quarter panel got paint on it but i wiped it off as fast as i could and i got it all off i think.

over all experience id rate it a D- hahahahah. it looks good at night though.

 

nice writeup

 

^^damn life was juss bieng a bitch to you that day.. at least it came out good at nite..

and to the write up.. excellent job man.. this is going to be useful for me!

 

looks great!

 

what kinda paint did u use on the sideskirts and mud flaps??

 

nice writeup. everything is faded on my car...i started doing this and its lookin good.

 

BRAND NEWWW!!