shadowline?

[iballs]

to do the shadowline....Is it better to take off the chrome pieces and working with them or just tape up the car and paint????
Thanks

[Jordan]

Get genuine 318iS shadowline, and repaint it. Swap out what you have for it after.

[wastedincome]

Get genuine 318iS shadowline, and repaint it. Swap out what you have for it after.

Jordan, what make the 318is trim different from others???
Cost?? Is it allready black and just needs re fresh respray??

[Jordan]

The chrome trim sucks. Even when you use the best SEM paint, and properly scuff the chrome the paint still doesn't get a good enough bite.

The facotry 318iS trim is already black. Was never chromed. Its very easy to just paint it again so its a deep black again (not sun faded greyish)

[Dave]

take it off and spray it with SEM or Duplicolor trim paint. don't try to mask it off in place. you will get overspray somwhere and you won't get every last part of the trim painted properly.

[Jand3rson]

Get genuine 318iS shadowline, and repaint it. Swap out what you have for it after.

I'm doing the same with OEM shadowline trim that I got from Jordan's 318iS parts car. Should be in the next week or two.

[MR 325]

http://www.r3vlimited.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=13656

[PiercedE30]

I dunno, I was able to scuff it pretty hardcore style with some good ol' 80 grit and was able to take most of the chrome actually off the metal. I have it primered and it hasn't even chipped or anything in over 6 months.

[robert325is]

my car had shadowline from the factory, and it started peeling.

turned out it was black vinyl type stuff glued to the chrome trim

i peeled the rest of it off and now i have some strong ass yellow glue stuck on top of the chrome and it looks like ass

[nando]

my car had shadowline from the factory, and it started peeling.

turned out it was black vinyl type stuff glued to the chrome trim

i peeled the rest of it off and now i have some strong ass yellow glue stuck on top of the chrome and it looks like ass

no, it didn't. the 325is never came with shadowline, and shadowline is definetly not black vinyl stuff over stock crome trim. sounds like somebody used electrical tape on yours.

[hamann318is]

At least the 318is is good for something.

[MR 325]

my car had shadowline from the factory, and it started peeling.

turned out it was black vinyl type stuff glued to the chrome trim

i peeled the rest of it off and now i have some strong ass yellow glue stuck on top of the chrome and it looks like ass

no, it didn't. the 325is never came with shadowline, and shadowline is definetly not black vinyl stuff over stock crome trim. sounds like somebody used electrical tape on yours.

[GaryE30]

At least the 318is is good for something.

Haha. ;)

[Hatchman]

tape it off.. goto autozone and buy standard black bumper trim paint... scratch it up prime it and use the autozone crap... no one will know the diffrence... Hell just use electrical tape and cover the trim with it

[smooth]

What about us verts?

can't really use 318iS trim, can we?