Trim Painting

[Phx99Cruiser]

Just wanted to share - finally after years of looking at the splotchy and faded center side molding trims, ordered the base and clear coat aerosol spray cans from Automotivetouchup.com Touch Up Paint, Aerosol Spray Paint and Touchup Paint Accessories | AutomotiveTouchup | 888-710-5192 to match my '99:

Description: 12 oz Aerosol Spray Paint, 1999 Toyota Land Cruiser: Riverock Green Mica 1C3

Taped the centers, sanded with 220 grit then some Simple Green, wiped with damp paper towels then dry, then a micro cloth. Used Rustoleum gray primer then sanded after a couple hours with 600 grit. Wiped-down again.

Three coats base paint, three coats of clearcoat.

Just done two days ago so we'll see how it holds-up.

In a couple of weeks I think I'll tackle the front and rear bumper corners where I've got some scraps and chips.

Don't know if you can tell from the pictures, but the color matches the body exactly, it's a bit of a different shade from the "outside" of the plastic trim. The slight contrast looks good IMHO.

 

[LTrain0800]

Looks great! I have the same year and color as you and I'm thinking about trying to redo it in the original silver color. That original paint certainly hasn't aged well...

 

[saillaw]

Sorry for reviving this old thread. But I'm going to attempt to paint my middle trim black in the next few days. Any additional feedback on any of the paint choices from any of you who did this? Any thing you would do differently?

Ok so I finally got around to doing this. I decided to go with truckbed liner paint because it matches the finish on my front and rear BIOR bumpers and because it requires almost zero prep (cleaned with simply green, did no sanding). Here is what I used:



I wanted to make sure I didn't have any overspray, so I spent a lot of time taping and masking off the 100. I also borrowed a trick I learned on the Subaru forums and inserted cards behind the trim piece to help keep paint from getting on the metal.





The painting itself was easy, I put three coats on and let them dry for about 10-15 min between coats. One tip I learned was when using a new can, spay it first on a piece of scrap paper, and shake it twice as long as you think you need to shake it.

I'm pretty happy with the final result:




You can see that its a flat black with a textured surface:


Hopefully this will hold up well. Since it is meant for truckbeds I figure it will be durable. I'll let you know if that doesn't prove to be the case. Thanks to all of you in this thread that did it before me, I don't think I would have had the guts to do it without your advice!

 

[DuckLN]

I like that front plate!

 

[Pork Soda]

Indeed, Razorbacks do it better (except for riding motorcycles). Nice tip with the cards. Hope to paint my trim over Memorial Day weekend.

 

[12guns]

I'll be doing this soon as well...my door moldings look like hell! The cool thing is they are doing their jobs. I see other cars all the time with door dings and am glad we have moldings to protect the sheet metal on the doors.
There are "alloy wheel" paints that match the center strip fairly well and there are metalics in several different shades. I'd like to spray my rims with a graphite metalic, then my moldings to match, but with new tires with a rim protector, it would be hard to tape off. I may start with the moldings like done here and see how I like them.

 

[ay nako]

nice bump on this old thread, ive been looking into repainting my side trim!

 

[Chris Sandstorm FJ]

Wow that trim paint job looks awesome!

 

[slimbuddha]

How many cans did it take ?

 

[saillaw]

Thanks for the complements and WPS!!


I used two cans, one for each side. But neither can was empty, I was just afraid that they might not be exactly the same shade and therefore decided to buy two cans just in case.

I'm not sure if one can would have been enough or not, but I don't think you'll hit any issues with different shades if you want to save the $7 for the extra can.


Also, for painting rims obviously doing it without the tires mounted is best, but if you want to do it with the tires still mounted, use the card trick, that's where I got it from (people on the Subaru forums spraying their wheels with tires still on).

 

[CWR33]

Love the plates, go hogs go!

 

[AimCOtaco]

Anybody have pictures with the trim off showing where the adhesive is.
Also, anybody have a part number for the plastic clips.

I'm planning to paint mine but have a rear door piece that is falling off (some PO just put a drywall screw in the door jam area to fix but I'm not real crazy about that!) and want to re-attach as correctly as possible. I also have plenty of 3m PSA tape for emblems and such on hand so if it's easy I'll remove the whole set.

Thanks in advance,

 

[RobRed]

Look here for p/n and diagram

TLC FAQ - Side Moulding (Trim)

 

[2000UZJ]

Here you go. Rear quarter panel.

 

[AimCOtaco]

Thanks guys!
Looks like the re-tape will be worth it to avoid all that masking. Would you say the clips are generally re-usable with care or is a replace them all thing?

Thanks for the pics and the diagram!

 

[2000UZJ]

Thanks guys!
Looks like the re-tape will be worth it to avoid all that masking. Would you say the clips are generally re-usable with care or is a replace them all thing?

Thanks for the pics and the diagram!

the clips are not reusable, if you are careful enough you might be able to reuse them. I just ripped mine off and put the new one on, so I can't say much about careful with it.

 

[FullyLitLED]

Definitely not reusable, I just masked off the area then painted to match the body! Much cleaner than the black trim I had before

 

[Bumgardner]

I'm thinking about painting the trim piece on my Land Cruiser with spray on bed liner. What bed liner is the best for doing this? How well has it held up?

 

[RobRed]

I'm thinking about painting the trim piece on my Land Cruiser with spray on bed liner. What bed liner is the best for doing this? How well has it held up?

look at post 143 above.

 

[dstantdog]

Hello everyone. I just picked up a 2000 rust free LC and the only eye sore to me is these darn side moldings. The rest of my vehicle is 9/10. These are 4/10. Look awful!

I read through this thread and was just curious what would be easier...repainting myself (champagne/silver), taking it to a body shop (estimated $675), taking it to Toyota dealer and getting all 10 new parts with a TLCA membership discount.

I'd hate to try and attempt this project myself and screw it up but just curious if $675 is way too expensive and if so what a fair price should be?

Thanks!