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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / Maintenance and Repair / October 2006

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Can I paint the black trim on my car doors ... white???

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jsh347@gmail.com - 14 Oct 2006 08:48 GMT
I have a 95 Integra, and its all white except for the door ding guards
on the sides of the doors... they are black. I wanted to know if I get
auto touch up paint that matches my car, and use that on the
plastic/rubber bumpers and have it look alright???

Any suggestions or ideas??
* - 14 Oct 2006 14:34 GMT
jsh347@gmail.com wrote in article
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> I have a 95 Integra, and its all white except for the door ding guards
> on the sides of the doors... they are black. I wanted to know if I get
> auto touch up paint that matches my car, and use that on the
> plastic/rubber bumpers

Nobody can stop you from doing it.....

> and have it look alright???

Probably not.

> Any suggestions or ideas??

Krylon has come out with a paint engineered to work on plastics. There may
also be other brands available.

I would try to match the colors as best as I could, and use the stuff
designed to work on plastics to paint these plastic pieces.

You might also look around for some white door guard material to replace
the black door guards.
Rodan - 14 Oct 2006 17:33 GMT
jsh347@gmail.com wrote:

I have a 95 Integra, all white except the door ding guards on
the sides of the doors are black.    Can I get auto touch up
paint that matches my car, and use that on the plastic/rubber
bumpers and have it look alright???
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There are many available touch-up paints for plastic.   You
may have to experiment to find one compatible with the
particular plastic in your door guards.   It may take several
coats to cover the dark bumper.

Expect even the best white paint to chip off with time and
bumping, exposing sections of the underlying black bumper.
A more permanent solution might be to replace the black
bumper with a new white or gray one.

Good luck.

Rodan.
 
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