I do, I do!!
So I decided to paint the chrome trim around my doors and rear quarter windows. I got the idea from Cocoa way back in the day but I hadn't actually got around to doing it until now... I've always hated the look of the chrome trim on my car because I find that it doesn't fit right with the cypress green being that it's a dark color. I also pulled off my trunk (A) emblem and painted it black.... if it looks ghey, I'll paint it cypress green and it'll be stealthy .... anyways, here are the pics...





Just in case someone wants to do this mod, take your time taping around the trim. And dont forget to mask ALL your car. I learned the hard way yesterday when I had to clay bar the whole car I used paint from the hardware store (3-4 coats) and I scuffed it with a 3M scuff pad (the red one) before painting...

Comments welcome

 

Just realized you can't really see much in the final 2 pictures... I'll take some more during the daytime tomorrow...

 

looks like that took alot of prep work came out real nice though

 

yeah about an hour and a half each side to mask off everything and paint...

 

Looks great to me...

 

wow that looks better then i thought it would. daytime pics would be great, good job!

 

yeah definitely looks good. I might consider doing this 1 of these days.

 

that looks great man.

i still want your shift knob though.

 

Def need daytime pics, looks incredible though

 

Love it. Never was a fan of the chrome trim, that's why I painted mine years ago.

 

i did the same to my car before it came out of the body shop the trim around the windows embles and the front grill

 

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Your car is gorgeous. The red and black go so well together, you plannin on gettin black wheels anytime soon?

 

wow black wheels and call it a dayyy looks good

 

I was planning on doing this as well..just wouldnt fit with the theme with my wheels since everythings black and chrome. I have a photochop of it and it looks pretty good in that...hm

 

im not gonna lie, i dont like many cars or people from massachusetts, even some of my own frat bros, but your car is beautiful. Now only if whats under the hood matched the outside, you'd be set. What are you lowered on?

 

its very nice looking, I do hate chrome too, but I was kinda fond of the trim of the doors and all that, it kinda added contrast on the black body, but still looks pretty good black on the green background

 

Dude, that looks NICE! I always wanted some motivation to do this but never really seen pics of it on a cyprus green pearl! I'm doing it when I get back to San Antonio for sure!

 

awww dude thats fuckin sweet. yeah the prep time prolly took longer than the damn paint job eh? looks like i got something else to do to the car. hahhaha.

 

I don't understand why Acura didn't put trim on the rear window as well as the sides. I thought about looking into adding it to my rear window. Meh...

I'm feelin' the black on your car though, acuratl_2nr. Lets see some more pics.

 

whoa where'd this dude come from?

 

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I see you acuratl_2nr... lets get some of those day time pictures bruh.

Looks good at night though

 

which one, I have so many?? I'm using a DC5 type R one now...

 

for some reason i <3 this thread

 

What shift knobs do you have? I've been looking to get one to get rid of the stock one just because I don't like it anymore...

Would you mind listing them please..

 

I can see his join date, just wondering how he came out of nowhere, I haven't even seen the pics of his car yet, but looks good from the AV

 

lol how haven't you seen them? you must be at work because theres huge pics of his car in this thread lol

 

nice , i want to do this to my 2g

 

captain obvious haha. but seriously. HUGE

 

yeah, some of us work for a living

 

Here are some daytime pics.... the car is pretty dirty due to parking under a tree last night.




The (A) is in the garage, I have to put it on later and I'll also repaint my front grille...


As for the shiftknobs, I only have three in the car right now
I've got the DC2 Type R one, then the RSX one and a JDM prelude SRV one (same as stock CL one but with added JDM'ness). Both the RSX and Prelude ones are drilled on the inside so they sit lower on the shifter. I have the stock CL one that a friend of mine borrowed and I think I have another random one somewhere. Don't mind the pics, interior of the car is really dirty...

 

This thread is SICK!!

 

the one from the Premium Rsx shift knob. in the one pic you sent me awhile back.

 

did this years ago on my old cl, looked great...

best pic i have of showing the painted chrome..

 

i hate chrome...i want to paint my door handles and the trim around my windows...AND my grille...damn i didnt realize how much stuff needs to be painted on my car.

 

Nice day pics man. I love how you did your rims.

 

Dang dude, looks good! Now paint your skirts and lips!

 

nah, I like the green and black look... plus if you look closely at the day pics, you'll notice that I have very serious rust issues that need to be dealt with so no money for painting stuff that doesn't rust