Is there anyone out there who have painted their factory rocker covers? I'm not interested in replacing them with TA or any other company but rather prep and paint them to match the rest of the car.

Joe

 

its been done, a good shop can do it easy enough.

 

If you mean the lower trim (rockers) on the sides and front/rear lips, YES. My '09 turbo arrived with lower lips and sides in black on my silver '09, and there was no freaking way I'd let that go.

My crew spent half a day tweaking formulas as you have to be very precise on these lower pieces. They do NOT get the same formula as any other parts of the vehicle due to where they are and how they catch light. After 9 variations on factory Arctic, we formulated our own, and it was flawless.





Find a shop that does a lot of highline work, and meet their crew. You should be able to find the right place. What color?

 

Buy the factory GT2 rockers and have them painted. Looks much better than the standard rockers.

 

Hope you've kept some touch up paint for the inevitable scratches and scuffs you'll get on the chin spoiler.

 

my lip and sides are all scraped up from rocks, based on the roads I drive clearly painted is not the way to go. This summer a new front lip and GT2 sides will be going on.

 

Won't the gt2 sides get beat up as well? I work at a bodyshop so having them painted won't be a troubling issue.

 

I keep a spare painted lip in the warehouse. Swap once/year, fix/repair old one if do-able, then repaint and let sit until needed. Easy.

 

I just like the gt2 ones better

 

thats why my color is off a bit on these pieces...also it's been about a year and a half at connection point some slight cracking in paint