DIY painted side moldings.(56k friendly...NOT)

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By Graham
- Mon Feb 25, 2008 1:59 pm #43682 How couldnt you get them off? Theyre eaaaasy to get off - just unclip them :P

If you wanted them to be black why not just use back to black or some other trim stuff...? :P
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By CivicTypeR
- Mon Feb 25, 2008 2:17 pm #43687 why would you want them to be black? they come standard black :lol:
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By Graham
- Mon Feb 25, 2008 4:39 pm #43700 Sir ones are grey :P

I can see why you would paint them black if they were really faded, but the trim cleaners and back to black would have saved you a lot of masking, look good either way though 8)
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By chrono404
- Mon Feb 25, 2008 10:15 pm #43728
Graham wrote:How couldnt you get them off? Theyre eaaaasy to get off - just unclip them :P

If you wanted them to be black why not just use back to black or some other trim stuff...? :P

I have tryed some Black Restoring Trim Stuff, Nothing worked. Therefore I decided it was Paint Time.

Unclip them? :? I tryed taking them off at Junkyards, Couldn't do it. Oh well.
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By CivicTypeR
- Tue Feb 26, 2008 2:58 pm #43779 I found it hard taking them off even from behind :lol: i snapped the clips :x stupid POS.
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By k0rean4life
- Mon Mar 03, 2008 6:08 pm #44510 They made AUTO-MOTIVE TRIM paint now. Looks awesome and looks like the OEM plastic FINISH from honda.
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By dionisis
- Mon Mar 31, 2008 10:06 pm #48527
Graham wrote:How couldnt you get them off? Theyre eaaaasy to get off - just unclip them :P

If you wanted them to be black why not just use back to black or some other trim stuff...? :P
you dont have to get off the door panel so that u can be able to get off those side moldings too?
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By Graham
- Mon Mar 31, 2008 11:54 pm #48539 Well you can try to pry them from the outside and wiggle them off but you would probably dent them, its best to take the doorcard off and unclip them from the back in my opinion :thumb:
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By dionisis
- Tue Apr 01, 2008 9:04 am #48584 alright then i will try to do it,propably on saturday evening,dont know,and i will let u know about the process!thanx a lot!by the way a guy told me that i have to sand them before the paintwork,is it true?although i noticed that when u sanded them were not good looking :?
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By chrono404
- Tue Apr 01, 2008 3:13 pm #48639
dionisis wrote:alright then i will try to do it,propably on saturday evening,dont know,and i will let u know about the process!thanx a lot!by the way a guy told me that i have to sand them before the paintwork,is it true?although i noticed that when u sanded them were not good looking :?

You DO NOT want to Sand. As you say what York62 did to his side Moldings, If you sand the same thing will happen. I did no sanding at all and it turned out great.
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By dionisis
- Tue Apr 01, 2008 7:07 pm #48685 well guys i want to paint the side moldings as the colour of my car,b63p harvard blue pearl clearcoat,so i have to spray some sort of first layer spray because they are plastic moldings in order not to have "paint-crack" after 2-3 months.

By Matt.M
- Sat Oct 18, 2008 5:56 pm #74861 Actually you shouldn't have used the sandpaper. You should have used what we call a 'scotch brite' in shop class, it's a final stripping pad. It's about the same as 600 grit sandpaper. It would have made the sanding much easier and it only scratches the trim enough to get proper adhesion for the paint. They also sell paint at a Carquest, maybe even auto zone, for the trim. I have some in my room that I've been saving to do the same thing.

That's just my 2 cents, but I do have my diploma for Autobody Repair 8)
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By JDMcivic92
- Wed Jan 21, 2009 4:19 am #91041 yeh a bit of "Scuff it" and a scotch brite pad or even 600 grit wet sanding would have been better lol. I dont have a degree yet, but I do work in a body shop. haha came out good though! :)
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By smokinsoljah420
- Wed Jan 21, 2009 5:42 am #91057
JDMcivic92 wrote:yeh a bit of "Scuff it" and a scotch brite pad or even 600 grit wet sanding would have been better lol. I dont have a degree yet, but I do work in a body shop. haha came out good though! :)


Hahahaha Is that why your car in your sig (BTW you might wanna fix it its too big http://www.civic-eg.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=13 :thumb: ) doesnt have any? :lol:
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