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DISCUSSION => Exterior => Topic started by: bmwman91 on November 13, 2006, 03:42:01 PM

Title: Repainted the Rocker Panels/Rear Valence PVC Coat
Post by: bmwman91 on November 13, 2006, 03:42:01 PM

I had a couple free hours this weekend and finally got around to doing this.  It was pretty simple, all said & done.  The link below is to the story/writeup.  I also added this to the How-To sticky.

http://bmw.e30tuner.com/articles_pvcpaint.php

Title: Repainted the Rocker Panels/Rear Valence PVC Coat
Post by: Eurospec on November 13, 2006, 04:40:08 PM

Nice. I have to get around to doing this one day.

Title: Repainted the Rocker Panels/Rear Valence PVC Coat
Post by: D. Clay on November 13, 2006, 05:54:51 PM

I have went back and forth on body colored rockers and lower skirts. With an "is" lip painted body color there is an overbite look to some colors with black rockers and lower rear skirts. My car is diamondschwarz so it makes little difference. Red and white are a different story. Photoshop is the easy way to compare. In the end it's a matter of personal preference.

Title: Repainted the Rocker Panels/Rear Valence PVC Coat
Post by: bmwman91 on November 13, 2006, 06:56:14 PM

Yeah I debated body color.  I felt like it would make the car look too tall...and it would have taken HOURS of scrubbing to get the old stuff off!

Title: Repainted the Rocker Panels/Rear Valence PVC Coat
Post by: bmwman91 on November 13, 2006, 06:57:40 PM

Oh and don't you love the awful CA winter weather seen in the pictures!  It was awful, it got down to like 42F last night!

Title: Oh yeah!
Post by: D. Clay on November 14, 2006, 03:38:00 PM

Quote from: bmwman91;13712

Oh and don't you love the awful CA winter weather seen in the pictures!  It was awful, it got down to like 42F last night!

It's been "down" into the forties here a few times. It's cooled off from the summer though and is only 86 today.

Title: Repainted the Rocker Panels/Rear Valence PVC Coat
Post by: bmwman91 on November 14, 2006, 04:06:15 PM

Damn, I wish it was still 86 here.  I am much more a hot weather person than cold.

Title: Repainted the Rocker Panels/Rear Valence PVC Coat
Post by: shellback on November 14, 2006, 09:41:27 PM

I wish it was 86 here too! It's close to 90!

Title: Repainted the Rocker Panels/Rear Valence PVC Coat
Post by: M42boy on November 15, 2006, 03:17:30 PM

Quote from: bmwman91;13700

I had a couple free hours this weekend and finally got around to doing this.  It was pretty simple, all said & done.  The link below is to the story/writeup.  I also added this to the How-To sticky.

http://bmw.e30tuner.com/articles_pvcpaint.php

Nice writeup.  I painted mine with POR-15 black and a paintbrush.  

I'll post some pics soon and you can see which one you like best.