I got a wild hair across my ... yesterday and decided to paint my faded rear window finishing panels. Did it... ran out of paint. Got more paint.... finished it. Had paint left over.Mirrors came off... Mirrors got painted... at midnight they went back on,and I have pics!!!!!


Mirrors Before:







Mirrors After:













Rear window finishing panels Before:







Rear window finishing panels After:







It was pretty easy.I used Krylon fusion semi-gloss. I had to wash them with dish liquid to get the armor-all off for the paint to stick. I also lightly, LIGHTLY, sanded the finishing panels with 1000 grit beforehand to make sure the paint stuck. The mirrors were aggravating to get back on. I lost a 10mm deep socket to the depths of the inside of the door and the nut to boot, but luckily found one to replace it with in the shop.

I didn't realize until I had them painted, how much they looked like crap-ola before.


Next on my schiza list is the vent grilles at the base of the windsheild. And possibly if I get the notion, I'm gonna take the whole grille off and paint everything that ain't chrome, black.

 

looks good, now i just need to do mine.

 

how does the trim around the windows come off?

 

Paint make such a difference. Nice work.

 

looks good. i need to do mine too but the part that is above my rear window needs more work than just painting

 

The rear window panels? Just pop the back glass open and theres one screw apiece holding them on.

 

Is that the same for 2 doors?

 

Brent, the rear window trim was the first thing I did when I bought my Blazer.
I couldn't walk past it without noticing how bad they were faded.
Lookin Good bud.

 

looks good brent!!

 

Thanks for the compliments guys! I'm gonna try to get to the wiper cowl tomorrow or tuesday and paint that too..


Yeah, I think so...
Take a trip... I'm only 1 1/2hours away! we'll paint 'em!