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Jason@RDowningChevy Enthusiast

Jason@RDowningChevy

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Hey guys,

 

 

I have a customer who just bought a Z71 Suburban from me and is wanting to paint all the grey molding and wheel flares gloss black.  I can do the moldings for him, but am having a problem with the lower grey molding on the bottom of the rocker panel.  Does anyone have any suggestions?  Maybe a company who does this?

 

 

Thanks,

RyanbabZ71 Senior Enthusiast

RyanbabZ71

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do you guys deal with any local bodyshops?

 

Id try them

Jason@RDowningChevy Enthusiast

Jason@RDowningChevy

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Ryan,

 

 

I have my body shop doing the wheel flares, but the problem is that the bottom peice that I need painting comes with this rough texture only.  I need it to be smooth so we can paint it.  I didn't know if there might be an aftermarket company who might have something that would help...

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Jason, why can't they be painted???  Maybe its time for a new body shop??  A friend of mine has a 2001 Z71 Tahoe with the same trim, we were looking at it because he was thinking the same thing, and it was not smooth but should definately be paintable.

 

Also, my brother had all of the front and rear bumper trim pieces painted on his HD, the rear bumper cover has a rough finish also.  The trick is to get a body shop to use alot of "flex" in the paint.  I know that my brother has had this done to his last 2 truck without a problem.

 

Its kind of the same thing with the AV, I've seen alot of them online with the plastic painted lately.

 

I think its all about finding the right body shop.

chevy4x4trucks Senior Enthusiast

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The roughness can be taken out of the pieces w/ some wet sanding.

 

As for painting, just use a lot of flex in the primer.  You shouldn't have any problems w/ it just so long as the guys know what they're doing.

 

Considering they are plasit and are textured like the interior trim they should be able to be wet sanded w/o a problem.

jst4f Enthusiast

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It is my understanding that the plastic on the AV can not be painted and that is why they changed to a different plastic for the Caddy version.  The smooth (Caddy) cladding is not the reason for being able to paint it , it is a different plastic.

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