i said **** you chrome door handles.

 

I kinda like the look of them, not sure what color your max is but I think they look nice with my gold

 

mines black on black. i painted them with dupont satin black bumper and trim black spray can.

 

I agree...body-colored ones are much nicer looking!

 

next to do the door trim. little more of a ***** to mask off lol.

 

I prefer the body color handles as well.

 

Any pictures?

 

didnt take any but i could tomorrow. its a real nice flat black. kinda like brand new steely wheels.

 

How well do the handles match the body paint? What was your method for painting them?

 

Dont even think about it, bro. i30 drivers are elite.

 

they only match the body paint cuz theyre both black. i wasnt going for body match. i wanted them flat black along with the ugly chrome door trim.

 

oh and as for method for painting them:

i used regular yellow 3/4" masking tape and 12" masking paper.

lifted up each handle and masked its perimeter, making sure to underlap the door handle.

then masked 12" in each direction around each handle. making sure to press all of the tape down all the way.

then scuffed each handle with p500 grit sandpaper.

finally, paint door handles with nice even light strokes with 50/50 overlap. make sure to get the underside of the handle too.

 

what i want to know is can this trim paint be used on the rubber part of our door trim too?

 

man you guys are gettin wayyy too ghetto on our cars. whatever happened to painting them at a shop??? and, i love my chrome door handles on my bm1 blue. would'nt paint them for a million bux!!

 

Body color handles FTW. Certain cars pull off the chrome handles well though.

 

youre telling me im ghetto for not bringing my car to a shop to get the DOOR HANDLES painted flat black?

 

word mine were in good condition i just couldnt stand the fake chrome look anymore.

 

 

my car needs to be washed... its been raining here off and on.

 

this is how you said you painted them, "mines black on black. i painted them with dupont satin black bumper and trim black spray can. and yes, your car looks very ghetto man. no offense, i would'nt be caught dead driving that hoopty....

 

its been wrecked and is in the process of being fixed... which takes time when youre doing it yourself. the black paint rear of the front clip is all barely a year old... its just dirty from this weather...

as for the way i did it... its DuPont paint. i got from the SHOP i work at, where we use it for these EXACT reasons. Oxidized door molding trim, appliques, handles, midflaps, ect. a shop doesnt waste time in a paint booth for any thing trim black.

its cool once i paint it again itll be looking good.

 

Not bad looking on the handles.....

 

It's not really easy to find a perfect 17-13 year old car with no damage. Most of them have been wrecked, dinged, dented or torn in one way or another. If you just bought a 4th gen (like I recently have) even if it's in good condition, there is still tons of body damage that make your car look "ghetto".

From the looks of the picture you are bringing this 4th Gen back from the dead. The fender is obviously either brand new or it's been fixed, primed and is ready for paint. Everyone has to start somewhere, especially on a budget. I'm sure in the next year or two this OP will be posting pics of his sexy Max all painted and fixed up.

as for the door handles. I like the body color on the Max and the chrome on the i30. The i30 has more chrome trim on the body to help balance out the door handles.

 

this maxima was totaled. its got new fenders, hood, bumper, bumper support, radiator support, headlights.