RED-85-Z51

I was just curious, has anyone ever thought of having the black side trim on the early C4s the color of the body??? Not spray painting, but actually removing it, (however that is done???) and taking it and having it painted and clearcoated for shine. It looks good on the late C4s. True it is a different style of molding, but same general idea.

dbwade36

I don't think I would like that look at all. Try paintshop pro and give us a peak at what you expect it to look like.

RED-85-Z51

errr, I dont even have paintshop...

Maybe someone out there is willing to throw something together???

jimmyd

The 35 th anniv, cars had white moulding. I have seen some of them that have been repainted white. their is a blue early C4 on here with the trim painted to match, and probably a few others.

ElisTwoCents

I had the unfortunate incident of repainting my molding white. I thought it looked good after a couple of beers :cheers: next morning :nonod: :U I didnt like the way it looked at all. Maybe if its professionally done.

90EXPVette

Yep when the Vette was repainted the molding was painted also

Here's a couple of pics:





[Modified by 90EXPVette, 6:43 AM 8/29/2003]

Red Tornado

90EXPVette, I LOVE your car! :eek: That is a STUNNING color, and of course I'm very partial to the year :D :cheers: :seeya

Black84

Though it is not apparent in pictures, mine has been removed, sanded, painted and clear coated. Since the car is black few people ever notice, even the folks in C-4's...

Fr Guido Sarducci

It can be done they just use the speciall paint that is used for the flexable bumpers, look at the stripe on the front in my sig, we did the molding to match

Xenocide

cheap vet, YOUR car looks spectacular! Do you have a website or a write-up detailing the restoration process? So nice to see a sad C4 brought back from near death! :thumbs:

Fr Guido Sarducci

Thanks here's the link, it has a little bit more description, not many pics though
www.bluethundercorvettes.com/C4/cheapvet.html


[Modified by cheap vet, 11:56 AM 8/29/2003]

Iroc

This is for real, the only Photoshop'n done was to the license plate. I had the molding painted when the car was painted.

I think I'll use that side profile shot as my new sig pic :D :cool:

Pics are HUGE like 240 KB each so I linked them...
http://members.***.net/iroc/car803/85front.jpg
http://members.***.net/iroc/car803/85frontcorner.jpg
http://members.***.net/iroc/car803/85side.jpg
http://members.***.net/iroc/car803/85rearcorner.jpg
http://members.***.net/iroc/car803/85rear.jpg

:seeya :flag

RonRed89

I believe that Forum Member 18carfan has his moldings painted to match. His car is red, so it may give you a better idea how it looks on a lighter color. Do a search on his posts and you should find something.

Ron

ElisTwoCents

That Vette looks sweet :cool: :cool: Very nice ride

RED-85-Z51

Yeah, sweet car dudes.

Ive decided it will look nice, due to finally finding pics of 18carfans red 85.

NOW, how do I get all that trim off???
How expensive will it be to have done?

Fr Guido Sarducci

[QUOTE] NOW, how do I get all that trim off???
QUOTE]
NOW comes the hard part
most of the molding is fairly easy except the front bumper I had to take the bumper apart to get to the bolts on the molding (maybe somebody else has an easier way) I couldn't find one
The door trim is a little tricky but not to bad, the good news is you don't have to take off the door panels, there is a nut at the front and rear of the door and the center ones have clips, I pulled out on them far enough to get a long skinny screw driver to push the clips in on themselves, after the first one the rest were easy
you will have to pull the rear wheel wells to get to the ones behind the door

Iroc

Why take it off? :skep: Just mask off the car and paint the molding.

87vette

Go to http://www.limewire.com and download it. Install it and open the program and type in paintshop pro in the search area and hit search. It will give you a list to pick from via cable or modem and download it. Voila you now have Paintshop Pro.

:D

Raidmagic

Here's a red one with the body moldings painted.