Anyone know where I can get that black trim that goes all the way around the car on the door and fenders and rear cornapanel. 87 Rx7 t2 gettin painted need some new ones heres if you wanna see pictures of the paint progress AIM me its primed down going porshe yellow with a mica yellow pearl. Got a banana color primer on right now commin along. THANKS

 

i would just paint the rubstrips, or get the series 5 ones and paint them.

erm, for affordable rub srtips id check the for sale forum or go search a junkyard

for new, mazdatrix.com but theyre pretty expensive. it would run you about $400-500 for all new ones.


ive been considering vinyl dying mine to get them black again, theyre sorta crusty

 

mine are all gone, and they broke during removal

 

i kinda like my S4 trim, and it looks pretty good painted or left black

 

well im paitning the car yellow, so who thinks wha t will look better?

 

If your stock S4 trim is looking old/faded, you guys can just re-paint them yourself and get professional looking results very very easily. This is the method I used for mine about 2 years ago...

Here is what you need:

-2 cans of flat black "bumper" paint from any auto parts store
-Thick masking tape (1.5 - 2 inches or so)
-Newspaper
-Rubbing alcohol
-Scotch brite scuffing pad

Step one, wash and dry your car as you normally would - hopefully with a quality mitt and car wash solution. Once you're done drying you can start the prep:

1) Start outlining the trim with masking tape all around the car. Thicker tape will serve you better to avoid ANY overspray so you can overlap newspaper and more tape around these "outlines."

2) Once that's all done, start masking off the rest of the car with newspaper/tape all around the car overlapping those trim lines so you won't get any overspray.

3) Now that the car is all masked, you've got to clean the trim. Use rubbing alcohol and an old terry cloth rag to get out as much dirt as you can.

4) Once the trim is clean, you can use the scotch brite pad to scuff the surface a bit to get your paint to really stick well and lay evenly. When you finish this step, clean again quickly with your towel and the alcohol.

5) Now you're ready for the easy part...painting! The key to using spray paint is to keep the can moving and use light coats. The bumper paint has some flexible additives in it and it covers very easily. Wait about 30 minutes before you start un-masking the car.

When the paint is totally dry, it will have a nice satin finish. This really helps amke any S4 look a lot better.

 

keep it black (all that yellow will need contrast) go to the forsale section and buy some S4 rubstrips.

 

I vote for keeping it black. Body matched S4 trim looks goofy.

 

I don't think it looks too goofy, maybe it depends a lot on the color - but then I have matched S4 trim

 

other than color does the trim between the s4 and s5 differ?

 

The actual molding has a different profile on different series.

 

yes, s4 has a part in the middle that goes down, whereas s5 is smoother and has a tiny dimpled section on the bottom.

s5 looks a lot smoother.



hard to explain without pics

 

you can see the s5 trim in this pic of me car. oh and a nice ding too..

 

everyone that says to change to s5 moulding must be forgetting that you have to swap front and rear bumper covers also, basically doing a s4 to s5 body conversion...... which looks good, but i dont think thats what this guy had in mind!

about painting the moulding..... personally, i think having a big black stripe on yellow car will tun it into a bumble bee......... paint everything........ your contrast will come from your wheels.... yellow rx7's look great! but do what you think will look good

 

wtf bodykit is that on the 2nd pic? That looks gorgeous besides the CF hood..

 

Front view CF hood car is just a yellow s5 with a mazdaspeed lip painted to match.

--Fritz

 

2nd to the right, not the bottom

 

 

i know the front is a re amemia fc2000 bumper...... i think the sides are all custom..... since its higgi"s car, your best bet is to ask him!

 

Duh, I noticed that my edit didn't work, I mean the yellow car thats driving in the 2nd pic to the left.

 

yeah.... thats still higgis car! ask him.....hes always on the site

 

anybody got pics of a white s4 with rub strips color matched?

 

here is one......... all 10th anns. are white with the moulding color matched

 

Paint the rub strips unless you want everyone to know your car was made in the 80s.

Some people do, thats nto my place to judge.

Theres not enough difference to justify buying S5 trim really, its more trouble than its worth.

Just stick with S4 trim and paint it.

 

i'd go with the S5 front end tho.......or at leat the www.aitracing.com front end.