Candy White Cupra door strips colour...?

[Bencupra]

Hello,
I Recieved my car 3 days ago It's a Candy White Ibiza Cupra looks amazing but there is a little thing i dont like - the black door strips..

I have seen few that paint the door strips but after asking few painters i been told that because the strips are textured if i will paint it after a while the paint might peel.... ?

Is it correct? there is anything i can do about that ? I really want to paint them to white

Thanks in advance

 

[Ad Lav]

Buy some new ones from seat, give them to the bodyshop and get them to smooth them off and then prime and paint, they'll be fine!!

We want pics!

Sounds like your the first candy white cupra...

 

[mrcoyote]

I was thinking that white door stripes might make the car look a little white if that makes sense? The black/grey breaks up the profile slightly.

And where are the pics dammit?

 

[spyke85]

Pics on post below this!!!

http://seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=132621

 

[bellamy06]

no, u defo gotta paint them, they will be fine if they are done properly, i done mine and they have been fine for 2 years, and loads of others.
like ad lav said, buy some new one, get them smoothed and get them done!!

 

[dozza.13]

Pics, pics, pics, I think cars look awesome in white, Its the colour I'd paint mine if I had it resprayed!! I cant believe they do it as a std colour, bet it looks awesome!!

 

[evo2345]

i priced this up today both bodyshops i spoke to wanted £150 to smooth,primer and paint the door strips i was thinking this was a little expensive what do you guys reckon???

 

[bellamy06]

way to expensive imo!
where i worked was an expensive place but i dont think even their quite would have been quite as much
it doesnt take that long to smooth, but the priming is the bit that will take the longest as it will have 2 be flatted down after, even that shouldnt be too long to do!
try somewhere else!

 

[evo2345]

way to expensive imo!
where i worked was an expensive place but i dont think even their quite would have been quite as much
it doesnt take that long to smooth, but the priming is the bit that will take the longest as it will have 2 be flatted down after, even that shouldnt be too long to do!
try somewhere else!

Yea i was only thinking £50-70 il try a few more places i think

 

[Ant FR]

don't need to be smoothed really. My sprayshop used a certain primer on them especially for stippled finishes, takes two coats then sprayed on that. Looked no different to bodywork once done.

 

[Rosco906]

2k primar is painting over them

seat do sell the smooth one's but when i called they dont list part numbers

 

[rashcupra]

love the candy white ilike the strips black imo but its your car!

coilovers spacers painted calipers remap and lcr splitter then that will be sooooooo nice!

must be gutted they dont have the seat sport brakes

 

[Ric 2001]

must be gutted they dont have the seat sport brakes

The only good thing SEAT UK put on the car. Would have liked them to allow the silver dash rings and other bit and pieces that are available on the SEAT website.