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11-20-2009, 05:18 PM | #1 |
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Painted Rear Roll Bar Covers
In a previous post we shared information about painting the rear roll bar covers:
A number of people asked for closer views, so here they are: As you can see, the "match" depends a lot on the angle of the light. Generally speaking, I would say they are shinier than the front cover, but not in a noticeable, obtrusive way. We certainly highly prefer this treatment over the silver look. Hope this has helped. Best regards, Ed |
11-21-2009, 06:18 AM | #7 |
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It looks like the rear part of your roll bars do have a texture. This looks great, better than the standard smooth gray ones. How was it done? Multiple sprays? EdP |
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11-21-2009, 06:42 AM | #8 | |
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I am picking it up this morning and will bring it back to have the backs of the roll bars replaced after they get them and paint them. |
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11-21-2009, 08:19 AM | #9 |
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Roadstergal, pics please!
Yours is the 2nd I've heard of being painted, the other was all black which was nice. But I think going with the body color is very clever! Last edited by teagueAMX; 11-21-2009 at 08:41 AM.. |
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11-21-2009, 08:27 AM | #10 |
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The professional painter who did the work first lightly sanded the original finish and then used a truck bed coating from O’Reilly Auto Parts to provide the textured finish and color that are seen in the photos (should be pretty tough apart from all else!). He sprayed the finish using the version of the product shown at the previous link. However, we've noticed that product is also available already in an aerosol form and would guess it would produce similar results.
We wanted to mention again that our dealer told us there is a special tool used to remove the roll bar covers which prevents breakage of the cover and its "clasps". Best regards, Ed |
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11-21-2009, 08:56 AM | #12 |
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Only the back covers which were originally silver were painted.
On the subject of painting the covers to match the car's finish, we would encourage those considering it to spend a little time thinking about what's to be achieved. From our perspective, the color of the interior leather plays significantly into the consideration. In our case we thought the original silver on the back and black on the front looked incredibly tacky, and the silver contrasted way too much with the black interior we chose. That's what drove our decision. If you can, try to imagine our Crimson Red car with the rear covers painted Crimson Red - not very nice at all, at least to us. Obviously, it's all in the eye of the beholder and there's no one right answer. Best regards, Ed |
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11-21-2009, 09:20 AM | #15 |
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The roll bar covers come in two halves, front and back. The fronts are black and the backs are silver. I am only painting the back and going from a regular silver color to the Orion Silver. The regular silver clashes with the Orion. My dealer ordered me two backs and they are picking up the tab. The insist that ninety percent of the time, they break when removed. They said they have experienced this when installing wind screens.
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11-21-2009, 09:22 AM | #16 | |
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But I also believe the roll bar cover color extending from the black package shelf/trunk lid interface is the overriding factor. I believe BMW missed the mark here and should have colored them black regardless of interior or body color. Roadstergals' choice will be a far better combo than the factory, and should be very unique. |
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11-21-2009, 09:22 AM | #17 | |
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I will post pics when I have them installed. I thought I would have them on with delivery, but that isn't going to happen for reasons I have already mentioned. I agree with another poster that stated that the backs of roll bars painted to match exterior colors would probably not look that great. I truly believe that Orion Silver is the only exception to the rule. |
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