I know this has been discussed before but it seems to be spread out over a post here and there in other threads. I'm hoping to get some real ideas of the ups and downs to painting the raw urethane section of the fascias.
Some background on my own situation. At some point in the car's life, a PO had the fascias painted silver. It looks like they were trying to color-match the stainless and I hate it. The funny part is that only the painted areas *above* the black urethane were painted. The small strip of paint under them was not done and is still original. They did not paint the urethane sections, so they are still raw.
There is the tiniest bit of overspray onto the black areas from a less-than-perfect tape job.
My goal is to get the fascias back to their original color, and I'm fortunate to have those factory original sections to have color and gloss matched. But I'm not sure I like how the black painted urethane looks. I've also heard some anecdotal statements indicating that the urethane doesn't really take paint well and you might have peeling or bubbling later. But given the fact that I've got some overspray (and license plate holes in the front that I'd love to have repaired) do I really have any options?
I'm also worried that if I paint the fascias, I'll end up having to paint the louvers/engine cover/side vents and replace all the rub strips to get it all to match the fresh black.
But I may have to paint the louvers anyway as there's a crack that needs repair.
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Originally Posted by SIMid
