Hi folks,
I have a 2011 i30 FD with all the black finish on the roof moldings cracking up and flaking off, leaving the stainless steel partially showing through. Looks really rough on a very clean white car !
I'm sure this is very common and researching this I have noted a company in the US markets a plastic fake 'carbon' cover with a 3M sticky tape backing.
Considering the high cost of replacing them with factory or cheaper parts, this looked a good alternative and wouldn't necessarily require them to be pulled off the car hopefully, as I've tried doing that and I didn't like forcing them much harder than I was and maybe damaging one !
Yes, removed they could be sanded, primed and sprayed I guess, but the above sounds a much easy way to go and considering our hot dry environment, apparently stainless doesn't paint well.
Has anyone else tackled this and come up with the ideal cost effective solution I wonder ?
Any thoughts would be appreciated - Mal