DIY: Body Colour Finisher Rods

DIY: Body Colour Finisher Rods
nexus66
04-29-2007

Instead of replacing my black plastic finisher rods with the silver ones, I decided to paint them body colour. I just bought some primer and colour matched aerosol spray paint from my local car store. No laquer/clear coat required for Jet Black - must be mixed with the paint already?!?!
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By ramirez330i on 05-22-2011, 10:18 PM

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Silver

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Originally Posted by ZuerstBMW

Thats funny, I did the opposite. We could have traded. My cars silver , so the silvers ones look better, but the black definitely look better on the black, nice job.

If anyone has a picture of what silver ones would look like I would love to see them (my car is titanium silver so i might be interested in painting them but idk about the look)

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By ramirez330i on 05-25-2011, 10:30 AM

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Silver Rods

If anyone has a picture of silver rods could you please post it? I have a titanium silver body paint and im thinking about painting matching rods but i dont know if it will look good or if it will look cheap/plastic-like.

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By 620BMW325i on 07-23-2011, 10:55 AM

Is there a way to remove these rods without leaving behind those brackets on the grille?

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By PTA85 on 07-23-2011, 12:04 PM

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I just painted mine black on AW. Looks great!

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By keny156 on 12-15-2011, 11:15 PM

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By rdub on 01-22-2012, 12:36 PM

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broke 1/5 clips on the center and 6/6 clips on the left and right. awesome.

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By Shades on 01-23-2012, 05:09 PM

good job mate

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By dluke on 04-20-2012, 10:02 AM

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just finished mine...

Thanks for the idea.. i think it looks much better than the light grey they were originally

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#52

By LetsRock on 04-20-2012, 11:33 AM

I went the easy route and just covered them with extrawide black vinyl electrical tape.

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By rogerdiaz on 04-20-2012, 12:41 PM

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Black on aw

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Originally Posted by PTA85

I just painted mine black on AW. Looks great!

Pics please

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By PTA85 on 04-24-2012, 09:18 PM

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Originally Posted by rogerdiaz

Pics please

I'll take some pictures tomorrow of them. I have had them done for a while now and after many washes and about 1500 miles roughly no chips or peeling.

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By PTA85 on 04-25-2012, 06:05 PM

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Might not be close enough, but you can see what they look like. I love it makes the front look cleaner in my opinion. Hope this helps

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By jimH6 on 07-18-2012, 09:38 PM

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I did this last week. Most people won't even notice but it does a nice little contrast. Excuse the dirty car and the crap photo. But you get the idea.

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By rogerdiaz on 07-22-2012, 11:34 AM

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Looks great

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By jimH6 on 07-22-2012, 09:15 PM

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better pic

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