The body kit will arrive in a couple of days, and when it gets painted/installed, I want the ugly window trim, door trim, side mirrors and door handles to be painted black at the same time.


So, should I have the trim removed-painted-reinstalled? or just painted on the car?


The window trim and pillars, do they look/flow better in matte or shiny black? I understand this is preference, but sometimes things look just plain ugly.


I hear the door handles are impossible to remove. Should they just be painted while on the car?

 

i had mine wrapped in matte black. I didn't want to go with a gloss black.

 

Another alternative to matte black vinyl is plastidip. Much easier to do and you don't have to remove the trims. You can use adhesion promoter for the plastidip to stick well.

 

That is what I understood too. I painted mine on the vehicle with PLENTY of masking. Be careful though since the paint will want to be airborne. My rule of thumb is that mask off everything within about 6 -8 feet.

It is a lot of work, but easier than having to take rubbing compound to your paint because of over-spray.

 

I had all the trim wrapped except for the door handles. I used PlastiDip on the door handles. You can't plastisip the pillar trim due to the fact the when the door opens and closes it rubs against the trim and will cause the dip to rip. Guy charged me $250 for wrapping the trim and a can of plastidip is $6. I also dipped the rear badging black.

 

I figured the plasti dip would come off the pillars due to the doors opening and closing. The vinyl wrap is just too expensive for me to go that route and I would prefer something permanent. I think a lot of masking off and a nice coat of matte black will do the trick, thanks for the input!

 

I got mine done for $250 in Jersey. I could give you the name of the place if you want. It's in Linden. They got it done pretty fast.

 

If wrapping is too expensive, painting the parts will be cheaper than removing them. Check with your boys shop.

 

j savino jr. im interested in that shop in linden, nj

please give contact info. btw ur cayenne looks good i wanna do the same

 

I went to Wrap Specialties in Linden,Nj. Ask for Marcos and tell him
Joe with the black Cayenne sent you.

 

I wrap it by myself. It is easy job if you have the right vinyl (air bubble free, with air channels in adhesive).