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Anyone painted their door molding?

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Old 09-21-06, 01:18 AM
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Default Anyone painted their door molding?

That black rubber door pieces starting to bugging me...
It does have a nice chrome accent to it... but still... it stands out too much for me...
I uses to get all the black pieces painted on my BMWs...

Anyway, just wondering if anyone did it already.
Like to see some picture first if possible....
And, should I get new pieces and get that painted?? Or, do they come off easily?
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I painted my BMW moldings, but I like the contrast on the new GS. It's not like the BMW where it encircles the entire car. The little bit on the sides give it a nice contrast... The only one that bothers me is the one in the rear between the exhaust openings, but a nice add-on kit should clear that up easily...
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If I do it... I'm going to get that pieces painted as well.
But, I might just get autocouture CF parts instead...

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The only one that bothers me is the one in the rear between the exhaust openings, but a nice add-on kit should clear that up easily...
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Default I put blackout tape on the molding to see how it looked...

I have attached some pictures. Like you, I like the all blacked out look better than the chrome strips, but I just threw on the tape around the windows to see generally how it would look (I didn't tape the bottom of the door). I didn't end up blacking out the trim though, because I didn't think the tape worked well (i.e. wasn't smooth and would end up peeling off) and I haven't taken the next step to take the trim to a paint shop to be painted.

What do you think?
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