Side Moldings

[cfmurray]

My side moldings on my car is fading.



I was curious if anyone has painted their moldings with the Krylon bbq & stove paint? I used it on my grill, but I am really nervous to use on my moldings. If it is all good to use I think I will be painting my sideskirts, and lip as well. Thanks

[JoshM]

Either do it the right way, or just get some Mothers Back-to-Black.

[cfmurray]

Either do it the right way, or just get some Mothers Back-to-Black.

Holy moly! lol I am so glad you gave me the tip. I do not want to ruin my car in any way! Does that Mothers back to black stuff work well, or should I just repaint them? Thanks a lot JoshM!

[JoshM]

I don't have a great picture, but my moldings, mirrors, and bumpers were as bad as yours.

This is with two applications of Mothers:

[cfmurray]

I don't have a great picture, but my moldings, mirrors, and bumpers were as bad as yours.

This is with two applications of Mothers:

Wow! awesome. I will get some of that stuff to try. I am so excited lol. Thanks again you been really helpful I like your rims by the way.

[crazymikey]

Back to Black is freakin amazing. It works so good, it probably would have even worked on Michael Jackson.


....too soon?

[dj_ender]

Back to Black is freakin amazing. It works so good, it probably would have even worked on Michael Jackson.


....too soon?

Its NEVER too soon to bash on MJ!

[deevergote]

Is the Mothers stuff a petroleum based product? If so, it will eventually do more damage than good.

I had my moldings painted when I had my car repainted (they just left em on and painted over em... Maaco...) It's holding up just fine.


If you choose to paint them, you'll want to remove them, rather than trying to paint them on the car. Chances are good that you'll break a few clips, so you'd be wise to do one of two things: 1) buy new clips from Honda, or 2) go to a junkyard and get replacements... and also practice removing them at the same time.

[HATCHing]

Bumper renew is pretty awesome too. It will make your black bumper and molding brand new again... but you will have to re-apply every month.

[RxAccord]

I used some Dupi-color bumper coating on mine. I just did a good sand with 320, then wet sand with 600 to smooth it out. Used the adhesion promoter and then the bumper coating. I think it turned out alright but i took off all of my trim because mine was really bad.

[daovangphotos]

I use this:



Does a better job than the Mother's. I went through both product and im sticking with Meguiar's.

And for your car being a coupe, just take off that rear trim, and do TypeG's plastic polishing on it and call it a done deal, no residue to attract dust like the Mother's and Meguiar's Trim stuff.

[RxAccord]

Here is a camera phone shot of the Dupi-Color painted protectors.

[bravedude]

man i gotta do this. my body trim looks kinda similar. exect for my front bumper, way worst. mine is almost grey. once i learn how to upload pics.
ill do a before and after.