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01-12-2003, 04:42 PM

Jonnathan

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painting skirts

anyone had their skirts painted or done it themselves ?

what happens to that rubber strip along the top of the skirt ?
does it get removed ? or does it get painted too ?

did your skirt get painted while attached to the car, or is it removed first ?

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Jon

01-12-2003, 08:08 PM

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ive had my skirts painted during an installfest awhile back. the rubber strip was removed, and so was the skirt itself.
do not paint the skirt with the rubber strip on. that strip will flex too much and the paints will begin to crack.

01-12-2003, 08:32 PM

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thanks, I figured painting the rubber strip was a bad idea.
Did you re-fit the strip after painting, or leave it off ?

01-12-2003, 08:46 PM

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if you take off the strip carefully, you will be able to reuse the
double stick backing.

01-12-2003, 11:27 PM

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yeah i put the rubber strip back on. it should stick right back on the skirt.

01-13-2003, 09:46 AM

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thanks

01-13-2003, 05:49 PM

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Car Info: E92 M3, E70, F32, E21

what rubber strip...does anyone have a picture of this?

I am interested in painting mine also even though i have a black car..i just think it would look better...anyone have instructions on how to paint then at home or is that just not recomended?
-Zoeb

01-13-2003, 08:36 PM

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I don't know how reccomended it is, I've found some good stories and some bad. I am having my new wing and spoiler pro-sprayed at a shop...
But I'm gonna try spraying my rear spatz myself, and if that works out well, also the side skirts.
You can buy colour-matched pro-paint from here... http://www.paintscratch.com/
they also have painting advice/instructions.
instrux...
clean,de-grease,sand, primer, sand, clean, basecoat, clearcoat, dry, polish

I have an RS-T so not sure if WRX has the rubber strip

someone's DIY painting pics here... http://www.rs25.com/forums/showthrea...1&goto=newpost

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01-14-2003, 12:00 PM

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those actually look pretty nice..but i'd have to see it in person before doing it but i may try it out in order to save a couple of bucks..
-Zoeb

01-22-2003, 02:07 PM

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Acutally, I had the entire OEM sides painted INCLUDING the rubber strip. If you go to a good shop, they should know to include a flex agent in the paint to resist the chipping and cracking that you may have heard about. I've had the skirts for over a year and there is not one crack or chip on either the skirt or the rubber strip.

01-23-2003, 09:58 PM

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mmboost was the person who helped paint my skirts. when he did his skirts he painted the rubber strips. i think he added the flex agent, and it still cracked.
one tip after painting the skirts make sure you tell folks to lift their feet before he step inside, because they'll scuff the paint. mines already scuffed up.