Just wondering if anyone has a good way to refinish the moldings on our car, namely the l and r windshield ones, im starting to see the metal finish through the black paint. help?

 

I just used a satin finish black spray paint and they looked great.

 

Any tricks to getting the molding off?

 

scrap it off. thats what i did to my fc. then i spray painted it. looks great now.

 

Leave it on, just sand it, mask it, and paint it. Too much risk taking it off and not getting it back on or breaking clips, etc...

 

Im interested in the finished look if you have any pictures. What brand of paint did you use? How much did you sand it?

 

sand it till its smooth, I had one with small patches, I primed it, put some spotfiller/bondo and then got the generic black from my auto parts store... The same black that I used for my headlights...... Has anyone here ever gotten a repainted 7 without spray on EVERYTHING. people.

 

Im with this guy

 

I just sanded it smooth, masked it off and then shot it with tremclad semigloss black. Lasted for three years, now is starting to wear again.

 

I did the same as everyone else, except I was too lazy to mask it, I just used a piece of paper and followed along the edge as I painted.

You could also use paint stripper and remove all the old paint exposing the stainless steel, but I'm not a fan of shiny window trim.

I don't have a picture focused specifically on the window trim, but you can clearly see the trim in this picture, nice and black.

 

If you only want to do it once:
I powdercoated mine. Blackdragon.com sells a nylon (so no scratchy) tool designed to pop the moldings off the clips. $10. I'd recommend buying a clip-kit from/thru a local glass shop: $10-20. Likely break a few on removal - they seem almost designed to! Take note of various rubber and plastic joints underneath!! Most are IRREPLACEABLE!
Alternate is do what I did- take car to glass shop, let them pop them and install them. Takes minutes, these guys do it all day.
Because PCoating costs more than a rattle can job, worth pulling as many bits you'd like done at the same time. 'Coater shop will (should) media blast first, so finish is nice.
Had all moldings, drip rails, mirrors and wiper arms done in one shot. 2yrs now and are still as new-
Stu Aull
80GS
Alaska

 

I used the "Mother's Back to Black" and it worked very well. I've also been told by a couple friends of mine that you could use the tire shine and that should give it the oil it needs to give it that black finish again.

 

sand with fine sandpaper, mask, and shoot with rattlecan of semi-gloss black from Home depot.

 

the last time i did my side moldings around the windsheild i usded High Heat BBQ paint worked really well and hold up well when sitting or baking in the sun...Doesn't flake off or chip...good stuff

 

i used krylon gloss paint. surprisingly it stuck pretty well.

 

I'm thinking i'm going to scotch brite pad them, prime them, use some rustoleom semi-gloss, then put a crystal clear acrylic on top.