DIY sideskirt paint match
 

http://www.geocities.com/karlkarlb/greyskirts.html

David

thanks for the addition, a lot of people will find use for this.

yeah i hope a few people use this cause it looks hella better painted

i tried it, took hours and it looked like sh*t, ended up with a sore arm and still ended up having them painted.

mine came painted from factory so im lucky, lol

I'm about to do this. Is there anyone that's had luck with this or am I better off just getting the skirts and bumpers painted?

pics too if you've got them!

im gonna look at mine today see if i wanna do it,

defkon, you do yours first and post some pics and if it looks like ass I wont do it! hahah

Dang! humn i dunno , will that blue stuff in the link really take ioff paint...

he says its harsh stuff but just take some time and tape off the painted areas, shouldnt be too hard.

When i had to repaint the bumper on my Mercedes it took me like 30-35 mins to tape off everything, but i also had alot more to tape off. But it ended out looking really nice. If your gonna do it take ur time and do it right the first time

Alternative is to use a polishing wheel
 

I read about using the degreaser and thought it would be time consuming, expensive and messy, so I never attempted to do it that way.

But my skirts were showing the body paint in sufficient areas where it looked like sh#@t. Understand that I don't consider my BMW pristeen, nor do I intend to throw a lot of time and money at a $6500 car with 96000 miles. So with my experience in "wheeling-out" my boat, I decided to try the same approach to the skirts and it worked very well. I used the same gritty compound (auto rub compound should work similarly) that I used on the gelcoat of the boat and was able to wheel off the grey overcoat within 10-15 minutes per side. The edges around the jack ports went down to white (primer or bare plastic?), but nothing a touch-up brush couldn't handle. One section-left side between the rear of the front wheelhouse and the A pillar (door bottom) doesn't look too good, but alot better than the old gray. The local auto paint supply store mixed-up Boston Gruen in a 12 oz. spray can and threw in a can of clear for $35. I will do the jack port covers, the one sh#@iity secton mentioned above and wheel well edges with spray and the worn-through edges around the jack ports with a touch-up brush-voila!:thumbup

PS. No taping, no gloves and about 2 cents of color restorer compound and 3 cents of electricity. But you do have to have access to a polishing wheel and know how to use it or know someone who does.