Painted Plastic?

[Shaun Tucker]

Anybody painted the Grey plastic body moulding around the bottom of their ST? What kind of paint do you recommend and what is the best way of doing it?

 

[Todd Z]

There are several ways, There is a project on doing it with spray cans that comes out nice, I used body shop equipment to get rid of the texture...

And you do NOT have to sand any thing..



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[Woppy V]

spray paint project end result... after a year little to know fading or chipping! Not as pretty but very economical!



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[Peter Vincent]

Done by a body shop.

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[Victor V01]

Painted mine the spray can route also. Turned out nice and is still in decent shape 3 years later. Check out the project for more info. Also see my library for more pictures.



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[Richard Kolb]

I'd like more info on how to get rid of the texture with no sanding. Want to shed some light?

 

[Nick Barber]

On a similar post someone suggested using rhino lining on the plastic parts and the steps. it can be colored to match as well.

 

[Jason Revard]

ya know i called to get a quote on rhino lining my step bars.....275.99.....for me that just sounds like waaay to much....ill just buy texturized spary paint and do it myself

 

[Patrick Pierobon]

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Before Paint

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[Woppy V]

patrick those are great before and after photos!

 

[Richard Kolb]

Wow, even your wheels and grill look better after painted trim.

 

[Sal Adinolfi]

Here is my Before



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[Shaun Tucker]

thanks a lot everyone!! great pictures to convince me to actually go ahead and do it too!



what a great community

 

[Woppy V]

haha which route u taking? and take b4 and after pics!!! it's always nice to show off a tid bitty

 

[Shaun Tucker]

Woppy,



I think I'll go the spray route once summer comes around again. I like getting my hands dirty with little projects like this. Plus i dont want the bottom to be shinier then the rest of my trac...

 

[Woppy V]

I hear ya. But I think if you took it to a paint shop and color matched the cladding to your body it would be alot more impressive. Having two off color blacks might be a little uneasy on the eyes. I couldn't see a body shop chargin more than 300-400 bucks. just my opinion and guesses. Either way though I am with ya on painting the cladding. That stuff drove me crazy for a year.

 

[Shaun Tucker]

haha yea, I got my trac in july and didnt really care before. I convinced myself to leave things stock and not muck around (i have a nasty habit of not being satisfied with stock options). infact I'm still arguing with myself about a lift....but now I just think it looks 100% sharper with colour matched cladding. And you are right about the two-tone blackness. I've seen some Adrenalines that look incredible..and I feel like I would be settling with flat black around the cladding. i guess I'll just ahve to get a nice wash and wax to even out the paint.

 

[Shaun Tucker]

by the way, i really like your trac..

 

[Woppy V]

good move. just to settle ur nerves a little... I put a hoodscoop on my trac and had it painted to match the factory paint. I also have an 03 not garage kept but the color of both matched out perfectly. I think you will be just fine with the cladding. I am thinking about doing the same later down the road pending how my trac looks with the CAP painted to match in January.