Side Strips, Spraying

[Jase125]

Hi people, im hoping to spray the side strips on my vtr tomorow.. whats the best way to do it? im going to keep them on & spray... before i bought the car looks like they have had a go at it in white the sprayed it black & it's starting to peel/flake. Any help would be great thanks.

[saxovtsmad]

mask the surrounding area's off rub the trims with wet and dry wipe then clean then thin coats of primer sanding between each coat

[3cott]

Take it to body shop!!!

[iSlayeR]

Best to take them off imo, then just sand them, primer/paint/laq

[adam661]

Take it to body shop!!!

+1 lol

[curt]

i would deffo take them off unless you are really good at masking ... (its not as easy as it looks) only just got it right and have been studying car body refinishing for about a year now ... they are so easy to take off it would be stupid not to tbh :D

[Jase125]

How do they come off?

[curt]

If i remember correctly .. on a vtr they are just held on with trim clips .. take your time and open the door pull the bump strip from the back of the car to the front of the car .. on the way it is almost garenteed that you will brake a clip or two but the are like a 2 quid from halfords. Please wait for another member to confirm that thst is the correct way to remove them. i dont see why they will be different to a 1.1 .. apart from being bigger and going to the bottom of the door maybe :/

[Jase125]

thanks mate, they are clipped on i think i got a bit of a gap in it & i see white clips holding them on, so start from the back end?

[Lewis]

Use plastic primer to prepare the surfaace. Also use metholated spirits to clean the surface before painting. Then be shure to use lots of lacqure to get them nice and shiny. Also if your painting outside you will end up with lots of 'debris' stuck to your paint so id advise finding a big enough garage to do it.