Painting WRX skirts, but now what to do with the rubber gasket thing on the top??

itachi1314 · 02-13-2007, 09:38 PM

Hey everyone,

I dropped off a pair of skirts to Loomin's shop today for painting. Chris said he can't paint the black rubber thing on the top cause... well... it's rubber and the colour won't be right and I imagine that the paint will be prone to cracking on the rubber.

If my car was any other colour, I would just leave it, but mine is aspen white. I think it might stick out like a sore thumb.

So has anyone painted their skirts and found a way to deal with that black stripe of rubber?

And Chris, if you are reading this, I am not talking bad about your work in any way

, I just want to see what everyone thinks.

-KC

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Sausage · 02-13-2007, 09:52 PM

Painting won't work.

Your options are to either have it stick out or order a new gasket that is the correct color...

Yannerd · 02-13-2007, 09:55 PM

my stripe is a light grey... I assume you can get them in that colour.

itachi1314 · 02-13-2007, 10:08 PM

I searched on the forum (I searched,

, be proud of me haha) and people said that dealerships don't carry the colour matched ones. Seems that dealerships only has the black ones. The colour ones only comes with prepainted skirts (eg: from subarugenuineparts).

I suppose it won't hurt to go down to the dealership to ask though.

-KC

semaj · 02-14-2007, 12:45 AM

That strip isn't meant to be painted. When Loomin painted my skirts for me

he took the strip off, and glued it back on after. Haha, he HATED that part

KIMUTAKU · 02-14-2007, 02:27 AM

i left mine black.. doesn't bother me at all.. plus it flows with the black piece on the mirrors too..

itachi1314 · 02-14-2007, 06:15 AM

I guess I will just wait and see how it turns out.
Thanks guys for all the inputs.

-KC

alexs001 · 02-15-2007, 10:59 PM

I had mine painted with my skirts originally, and it looked good for a few years and then it started to fall apart... got my skirts repainted now and I've ordered a whole new set of mouting hardware and strips (over $100 worth of bits)...waiting for spring to install it all

chopchop · 02-15-2007, 11:27 PM

I left them unpainted as well, I believe the 05+ has grey stripes where 04 or earlier models? come with black. I suggest you leave them because they would look ugly once the paint chips.

02-13-2007, 09:38 PM	#1
itachi1314 Scooby Newbie Member#: 91304 Join Date: Jul 2005 Chapter/Region: VIC Vehicle: 05 impreza 2.5RS Aspen White	Painting WRX skirts, but now what to do with the rubber gasket thing on the top?? Hey everyone, I dropped off a pair of skirts to Loomin's shop today for painting. Chris said he can't paint the black rubber thing on the top cause... well... it's rubber and the colour won't be right and I imagine that the paint will be prone to cracking on the rubber. If my car was any other colour, I would just leave it, but mine is aspen white. I think it might stick out like a sore thumb. So has anyone painted their skirts and found a way to deal with that black stripe of rubber? And Chris, if you are reading this, I am not talking bad about your work in any way , I just want to see what everyone thinks. -KC * Registered users of the site do not see these ads.

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02-13-2007, 09:52 PM	#2
Sausage Scooby Specialist Member#: 104998 Join Date: Jan 2006 Chapter/Region: Tri-State Location: NNJ Vehicle: 2007 vf39 SuperWagon I haz teh bed gramers	Painting won't work. Your options are to either have it stick out or order a new gasket that is the correct color...

02-13-2007, 09:55 PM	#3
Yannerd Scooby Specialist Member#: 111637 Join Date: Apr 2006 Chapter/Region: VIC Location: Vancouver Vehicle: 2013 BRZ White	my stripe is a light grey... I assume you can get them in that colour.

02-13-2007, 10:08 PM	#4
itachi1314 Scooby Newbie Member#: 91304 Join Date: Jul 2005 Chapter/Region: VIC Vehicle: 05 impreza 2.5RS Aspen White	I searched on the forum (I searched, , be proud of me haha) and people said that dealerships don't carry the colour matched ones. Seems that dealerships only has the black ones. The colour ones only comes with prepainted skirts (eg: from subarugenuineparts). I suppose it won't hurt to go down to the dealership to ask though. -KC

02-14-2007, 12:45 AM	#5
semaj Moderatour Moderator Member#: 113533 Join Date: Apr 2006 Chapter/Region: VIC Location: Vancouver, BC Vehicle: 2006 Pathfinder Off Road	That strip isn't meant to be painted. When Loomin painted my skirts for me he took the strip off, and glued it back on after. Haha, he HATED that part

02-14-2007, 02:27 AM	#6
KIMUTAKU Scooby Specialist Member#: 19776 Join Date: Jun 2002 Chapter/Region: VIC Location: Vancouver, Canada Vehicle: 2012 GVF SWP Ninja Lime Green	i left mine black.. doesn't bother me at all.. plus it flows with the black piece on the mirrors too..

02-14-2007, 06:15 AM	#7
itachi1314 Scooby Newbie Member#: 91304 Join Date: Jul 2005 Chapter/Region: VIC Vehicle: 05 impreza 2.5RS Aspen White	I guess I will just wait and see how it turns out. Thanks guys for all the inputs. -KC

02-15-2007, 10:59 PM	#8
alexs001 NASIOC Supporter Member#: 8096 Join Date: Jul 2001 Chapter/Region: VIC Location: Kelowna, BC, Canada Vehicle: 1998 Impreza 2.5RSTi Rally Blue Pearl	I had mine painted with my skirts originally, and it looked good for a few years and then it started to fall apart... got my skirts repainted now and I've ordered a whole new set of mouting hardware and strips (over $100 worth of bits)...waiting for spring to install it all

02-15-2007, 11:27 PM	#9
chopchop Scooby Specialist Member#: 55630 Join Date: Feb 2004 Chapter/Region: VIC Location: Vancouver, B.C. Vehicle: 04 STi Stage 2 PSM	I left them unpainted as well, I believe the 05+ has grey stripes where 04 or earlier models? come with black. I suggest you leave them because they would look ugly once the paint chips.