The black plastic around my rear windows and hatch is degrading, it's hard to describe so I included pictures. I was thinking about just sanding the whole thing taping it off and painting it, has anyone else had this issue?

 

the paint on my stock roof rack is peeling off and showing metal, not to thread jack
but im having a simular poblem

 

I know the 2-doors have a huge problem with this. If it were mine, I would not hesitate to mask it off and paint. Just make sure you do the entire surround so that you dont have a weird cutoff between paint and fade

 

i have the same problem... i have a 012-door and the same pieces on mine r doing the same exact thing... its the plastic pitting...

 

mine is an 01 4 door
and ive replaced the roof rack under warranty twice
is there a good after market one i could buy or could i sand off all the paint & paint it?
ill post some pics if you need them

 

my 99 2dr also has this problem. I have tried sanding them down and painting them but it just doesnt last due to the plastic rotting. When i get a chance i want to go talkt to the guys in the body shop at work and see if they can come up with a way to fix it. Maybe sand it down a bit and bondo it and paint it? I dont have any other ideas.

 

hey of they come up with a idea on how to get it to stop pitting rotting whatever u wanna call it let me no so i no what to do...

 

Well, I finish finals on Thursday, then 30 days off, looks like I have a project now.

 

Mine were the same way, I sanded them smooth, then filled the pits with plastic filler, sanded smooth again, taped it off, and sprayed them.
They came out great, So will yours, just take your time, and do it right.

 

What type of paint did you use to paint with? also can you post pictures?

Thanks Brady