My wife's IROC-Z has t-tops that were looking kind of nasty. The metal trim that goes along the top of the window was faded real bad. I am sure there are a number of you out there that have the same problem, and considering the car itself looks awesome with a new paint job and flashy wheels, the t-tops were one of the only things hindering the appearance of the car. So I fixed them up real nice today, all in all, a total of 20 minutes spent and a cheap can of Dupli-Color Trim Paint.


Here you can see how nasty they looked before:




I took some newspaper and masking tape, and taped off the glass and the rubber seals:



Here is the product used for the make-over:




A quick shot of the car after a wash and wax job (poor image quality due to using my Blackberry):





After a couple coats of Trim Paint:

 

On the car:








This is the trim around the rear hatch glass. I used this same product to refinish the trim when we repainted the whole car about 2 years ago:

 

Yes sir I did the same stuff a few years ago. It is amazing how much the rear glass trim and T-Top trim really changes the look of the car.

 

My t-top trim is fine but I'd like to refinish the trim around the hatch... How did you do it?

Did you take the trim piece off or did you mask off the entire hatch/back of the car and paint it while it was intact?

 

That looks great. Im gonna have to do this pretty soon. I always wanted to try that trim paint.

 

I just masked off the glass and the rest of the car. Just take a sheet of painters plastic and drop it over the front of the car and use some newspaper and masking tape for the glass hatch. If there is a little bit of surface rust on the trim, take a piece of sand paper and just wipe it down first.

 

Looks like new! simple.

 

Awesome work Nick.

 

Thank you sir

 

Were did you get that paint from

 

Advance. I'm pretty sure you can get the same stuff at AutoZone or Napa or even O'Reilly's.

 

Thank you i will lokk for it tommorow and try that on my car

 

Good job. Looks nice!

...I've actually done that myself. I used regular krylon satin black. It's starting to fade a little again, and needs to be redone, but it's been 3 summers, so..... ...not bad for a few bucks and a few minutes!!!

 

Nick did you use primer or scuff and paint only?

 

Neither, I just sprayed over it without any prep work at all. That Trim Paint is good stuff. I sprayed over the stock grill on my 2000 Silverado with this paint without any prep work and it has held up for about a year and a half now without any issues.

 

lol..funny..i picked my car up from the body shop yesterday...someone backed into my driver door. So there she sat..new door and all clean..then i thought..wow..that T-Top Trim and Hatch Trim just doesnt do her justcie. "wonder if someone on thirdgen.org has a good, quick and simple way to fix this?" Logged on and there ya have it...first thread..too easy..lol

Well thanks for posting this, i know what my next project is on my day off..lol

 

great job.That came out great.

 

Looks Great!
Hadn't heard you got married, Congrats on that also!!

 

Oh, thank you! I tied the knot on May 23rd and went out in style

 

Nicely done nick.. I was thinking something similar for my t-top bar as its paint is fading. Will definitely give this a try.