Is my trim/moldings paintable?

[JUNKH34D]

I want my ugly gray XLT body moldings to be painted like the Limited's. Does this work well or do I need to by the Limited pieces and paint them to match?

 

[tower]

I painted my gray black years ago, I did not clear it but don't see why you couldn't.

 

[PEAR0119]

I am wanting to do the same with mine, but since the trim pieces on mine are the textured grey plastic I am unsure what they would look like just painted. I could go ahead and use filler primer to build them up, but that seems like the wrong approach.

 

[Joe Dirt]

Filler primer won't do anything, you need the correct painted flares if you want true painted appearance like above.

Thread merge...

 

[PEAR0119]

Filler primer won't do anything, you need the correct painted flares if you want true painted appearance like above.

Thread merge...

Yeah I didn't think that would work, plus the correct flares from Ford are ridiculously priced and I am not willing to spend that kinda money on them. Painting my textured flares would not look right and therefore I will be leaving them alone.

 

[Joe Dirt]

Forget the dealer, start hitting junkyards. The 2002's and 2003's are starting to show up...

 

[JUNKH34D]

Filler primer won't do anything, you need the correct painted flares if you want true painted appearance like above.

Thread merge...

Thanks that's what I wanted to know. I might take them off and get them sprayed flat black until I can find some of the OEM painted parts.

 

[jad2411]

There are several threads and how to's on this with pics

here are mine:

 

[Joe Dirt]

Still, OP was asking about the smooth vs. textured trims for a true "Limited" type smooth surface painting...

 

[JUNKH34D]

Still, OP was asking about the smooth vs. textured trims for a true "Limited" type smooth surface painting...

Yea I was.....But for the time being I think the flat black textured pieces would look pretty sick and be a lot cheaper for now. Thanks for the info guys