my car is coming back from paint hopefully this week and i want to paint those chrome window pieces to go with the "theme" im going with..

so how do you take these things things off without breaking them?

 

put black out tape (electrical tape)over the strips. my friend did that on his bmw and he my friend did that on his 03 TL and looks clean.

 

umm....

i wanna do this right...but thanks for the idea

 

You gotta be real careful taking that shit off, then sand them down and prime and paint them. that will look . Good luck.

 

i might be wrong, but i think you just take a small screwdriver and pry them off, i am probably wrong though

 

i know, i gotta be very very careful...

but i know its gonna look

 

thats what i was thinking, but i wanna be sure first

 

https://acurazine.com/forums/showthr...chrome+removal

 

your on the ball 2nite

now im just worried about it not fitting the same like joe said

 

are you planning on painting them black?

 

pretty much ya...

 

you could try the black tape thing and if that doesnt work out then you are at the time when you need to decide if its worth it

 

i'll see how i feel when the car comes back from paint...

 

I'd love to see the peices the same color as the car. I think that would look nice. Black trim always fades, mine is starting to.

 

how did you do your black trim?

 

sand it, the paint... thats wut i did on my old cl

 

dont put electrical tape on there thats ghetto. take it to a tint shop and have them put black vinal on it. it will last alot longer and stay there when it gets hot.

 

DO NOT use electrical tape, if anything get a roll of construction paper from like home depot, and use 3M Blue painters tape. It sticks, then comes right off.

 

i never planned to use electrical tape...hopefully i can get these bastards off safely and paint them

 

May the force be with u

 

it better be...

but i do need my car to do it though

 

only guy i know to do that is cocoa, it looks clean that way... removing all trim for me would do some well cause silver/bronze pretty much clash... take pics when you finish soilder

 

oh i will

 

I painted mine. I decided that it was too risky to have them taken off, because I heard that it may not fit right once you do. I left them on the car, sanded em, and spray painted them. You just got to pay attention to detail when you are masking things off, and make sure you cover the whole car to protect from over-spray.

 

 

How could u do that to any car, let alone a TL or BMW