Can the trims on a VR6 be painted?

[Pullstarter]

Hey guys,
After trying many products for keeping my bumpers, rear spoiler and wheel arches / trims / sideskirts etc black I'm totally sick of having to do it all over again every time I wash the car So is it possible to get these parts painted in a satin black or will the textured finish not take the paint? Also, if anyone has had it done what sort of $$ did it cost?

Cheers
Simon

[The_Hawk]

I have a 96 so the bumpers are supposed to be painted, but the front bar has been replaced with an early model so the back is painted but the front is not...

From what I have heard it can be painted, but in wont come out smooth without a fair amount of work.

Plan B is to get a panel shop to do it.

In my case I also need the front quarters re-done as they have some arches where someone tried to fit some arches (which don't go on this model).

I am thinking about trying it myself with a couple of cans, but then I have one small trim piece to do first so I might see how well that fares before screwing up the bumper

[Golf Loon]

Hey Hawk, I was sorting through somebits and pieces today and I found the trim piece that you need in black. Painted ready to go.
Bring the green one back on Monday and we`ll swop

[The_Hawk]

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Well thats one less piece to paint!

Might not make it monday but I'll get there during the week sometime.

[Pullstarter]

Hey Matt answer your PM's!!!

[Soundofav6]

recently found shoepolish, I washed my car 2-3 times now still going strong, cost me 3 bucks for whole car ..

I have removed all trims, sand 3 coats, bigish job lasted me about 3 months. Try black shoe polish. Works for me.

Rayray recommended "autogym" bumper black, works well too.

[Pullstarter]

Hmm interesting, may give the bumper black a go, sure am getting sick of reapplying armor all type products after every wash.

[The_Hawk]

more than that, it gets really crappy really quickly, going to try the Auto Glym myself when I get a chance to go to the shop.

[Pullstarter]

I tried some of the meguiars stuff ($17 ) and it was better but still only lasted 2 washes or 2 bouts of rain till it started looking dodgy. Being a black car it gets washed once a week so is a bit of a pain re doing the trims that often.

[The_Hawk]

yeah, our rain here is 98% dust it seems...

And it seems to rain just a little each week

[h100vw]

I always found that a heat gun used carefully restored plastic work really well. A tiny bit of tyre shine foam on a cloth had the black as the hat.

[MattyT]

Ive used the meguiars gold-class stuff, worked well lasted about 3 months. Weekly washing too.

[bboyskidz]

i just got my car washed for $20 at the local hand washing place (it had been about 3 months since it was last washed and was turning into some kind of dirt and golf cake...)

It looks so shiny now! hopefully it doesn't get to dusty between now and next weekend as I am going to give it a good ol' cut n polish. I took all my trimmings off shortly after I got it and gave them a bit of a boot polish - as it has been said, it is cheap and works well...

[The_Hawk]

Ive used the meguiars gold-class stuff, worked well lasted about 3 months. Weekly washing too.

I saw that in the shops while I was hunting on the weekend. If all else fails I might give that a bash.

Auto Barn has a full range of Autoglym, a few other places have one or two products, although I can't seem to find Bumper Black anywhere. Anyone happen to know a place in or around Campbelltown I might find it?

[ScienceVR6]

Im accually considering rubbing all the textured parts smooth, then filling them, and painting them. One day.