Poll: Rear diving board surround condition

[ELVA164]

I've been casually looking for non-destroyed rear bumper surrounds and from what I've seen, ALL of them are all sparkly and messed up. Does anyone have a rear surround that is still nice and smooth? The front ones seem a lot easier to come by in good shape. Maybe it's just another case of the Northeast having no good parts, we will see.

[ParsedOut]

Mine are between option 1 and option 2.

[Cabriolet]

Euro or gtfo

[Stanley Rockafella]

Euro or gtfo

up to and incl 87 I agree

88 only...I'd rather be DB than plastic

I've heard that when it's rough and sparkly, you can sand it down with high grit sand paper and spray them with a flexible mat black paint. the roughness adheres paint well, and the finish is better than the plain plastic

[Habla]

Fuck divingboards.

[ELVA164]

up to and incl 87 I agree

88 only...I'd rather be DB than plastic

I've heard that when it's rough and sparkly, you can sand it down with high grit sand paper and spray them with a flexible mat black paint. the roughness adheres paint well, and the finish is better than the plain plastic

I'd like to see what this looks like.

[M-technik-3]

Mine are between option 1 and option 2.

Euro or gtfo

Misses new 87 has a small ruffle, was gonna do euro's but honestly not worth it due to she will be driving into Hartford on routine basis.

[Andy348]

Both my front and back are 'sparkly', but the rears are much worse. I tried sanding them down and applying forever black but it didn't work. It was nice for like 4 days and then went back to what it always looked like. I think I needed to sand 'em down a bit more.

[McGyver]

my 89 vert cam with color matched surrounds :) perfectly smooth

[ParsedOut]

Fuck divingboards.

Tell us how your really feel... Personally I like them when the car is clean and tastefully done. It adds a period correct level of class. But that's just me.

[agent]

http://www.classictrimcoat.com/rubber-rebuilder-kit.html

See Klaus' build thread for details.

[LJ851]

^ Came here to post that.

[nickflic3]

If you find straight ones that are sparkly just sand it off with some 600 or 800 grit and paint them. If not I know someone with gtood ones he could sell you lol

[Cabriolet]

Misses new 87 has a small ruffle, was gonna do euro's but honestly not worth it due to she will be driving into Hartford on routine basis.

we dd our beat eta and it has euro bumper. they arent all that rare so why not right?

[makecopies]

Mine looks a bunch of little pebbles and seems to be painted at one point it looks better than the whole car