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      10-14-2008, 06:06 PM   #1
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Matte Black Trim from chrome trim

SO, After around a month of asking if you can swap out the chrom trim with the shadowline, it appears it couldnt be. SO, I went out and asked the guy I know that has painted 2 of my cars and is the ONLY person I will ever entrust with washing/detailing my car. He said yes. Then it hit me, instead of the usual high gloss, why not matte black? So, tomorrow morning at 8:30 I am dropping off my car to have him paint my chrome trim to matte black. I wish I would have known that the sport package also lets your car come with shadowline trim, but this will probably turn out for the better. I love matte black. I will post pictures when it is done.
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      10-14-2008, 06:51 PM   #2
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I also like the look of matte black, i want to get my wheels powder coated matte black. I have chrome trim too so i am excited to see how it turns out.
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      10-14-2008, 08:04 PM   #3
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I am interested in this post as well.. i have a SGM and bought the shadowline grill and my wheels are currently in the shop getting powder coated low gloss black... I currently have the chrome window trim and also have the BMW perf. exhaust which matches that..

My plan is to see how it all looks when i get my wheels back...and if I think the black window trim would bring it all together I was going to see about getting it painted also..

definitely post pics when its done!! I plan to do the samae
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      10-14-2008, 08:08 PM   #4
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how is he planning on doing this if the trim is riveted on the rear portion ? is he going to paint it while its on the car ?:eyebulge:
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      10-15-2008, 08:22 AM   #5
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how is he planning on doing this if the trim is riveted on the rear portion ? is he going to paint it while its on the car ?:eyebulge:
Lets just say my guy is better than your guys :wink:. Yes, he is going to paint it while on the car. But this guy is so good words cant describe. He is the only person I will even let wash/detail my car. He has been painting for over 30 years and has done everything from aircrafts to REALLY expensive custom cars. He has done 2 of my previous cars and they had literally NO orange peel. The paint job looked better than oem and performed twice that. If there is one painter/detailer I would ever recommend, it would be him.

I will post pictures when I get the car back late tonight, I dropped it off yesterday.
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      10-15-2008, 07:38 PM   #6
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haha i dont have a guy:smile: but ive painted the trim on my e30 and def wouldnt wanna try in on this car, im sure it will turn out good tho
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      10-15-2008, 09:10 PM   #7
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Lets see some pics!:headbang:
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      10-16-2008, 12:57 PM   #8
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any pics yet? Its been a couple of days now.
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      10-21-2008, 01:19 PM   #9
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Did you end up doing this?
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      10-21-2008, 01:24 PM   #10
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if anyone wants to turn then chrome trim to black just get in wrapped in vinyl check on e90 post lots of people have done it, it holds up to the elements and is reversible :wink:
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      10-28-2008, 07:11 PM   #11
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is there a high gloss black vinyl I haven't really seen one
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      10-28-2008, 08:01 PM   #12
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yeah there is, people on e90post have done it. However brandon from eas, who does installs for the vinyl on the trim, says that matte black vinyl is better because it wont show swirl marks
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      10-29-2008, 08:40 AM   #13
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Can anyone ballpark a price that has done the vinyl solution??
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      11-26-2008, 02:04 AM   #14
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130$

or go buy the vinyl for 10$ and do it yourself
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any updates?????????
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