compuwiz1937

iTrader: (17)

I'm talking about the rubber pieces that go down the side of the car in the middle. Are they painted when the car is painted or are they dyed/colored to match the color? I was fixing to start sanding mine down so I could paint them to match with the Dupli-Color spray paint, and I noticed that they don't look painted, they look like the rubber itself is red. Can I just buy new pieces or will I have to go ahead and try and paint these?

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iTrader: (15)

paint to match

MikeH

iTrader: (10)

The color is all the way thru on my black ones. I had a set of green ones that was the same way. You can paint them if you want. 1k paint will oxidize fast though and scratch easy.

If the color is right i would just buff them back out to a nice gloss. Some paint cleaner and polish will make them shine like new. Maybe even some 1500/2000 grit first if there really oxidized. Buffer would be faster if you have one.

compuwiz1937

iTrader: (17)

It looks like mine are red all the way through, but it looks like at one point when the car was repainted at least one of the small pieces was painted (it was taken off the car when it was done though, there's a new piece of adhesive over the old one and the paint cracked when I bent it). The two long pieces, which don't appear to be painted, are oxidized very bad and I don't have a buffer (when I get one I need to polish my taillights too).

I guess GM doesn't make these any more?

MikeH

iTrader: (10)

You can do it by hand just takes longer.

shr00m

iTrader: (2)

Originally they were color matched, now they are paint to match. GM had them a year ago, but I don't know about now.

Kevin D.