[sparkymarky]

Did this over the last couple of days. Anyone needing to repair their peeling trim, plastikote matt black gives a great oem colour.

This was done by sanding the remaining original rubberized coating off using scotchbrite, then flatting off using 800 grit. Alcohol wipes to clean up. 2 coats of plastikote plastic primer (goes on clear). Alcohol wiped again. No sanding before topcoat. 4 light coats of plastikote matt black. Came out supersmooth and like new.

[shaun335d]

Originally Posted by sparkymarky

Did this over the last couple of days. Anyone needing to repair their peeling trim, plastikote matt black gives a great oem colour.

This was done by sanding the remaining original rubberized coating off using scotchbrite, then flatting off using 800 grit. Alcohol wipes to clean up. 2 coats of plastikote plastic primer (goes on clear). Alcohol wiped again. No sanding before topcoat. 4 light coats of plastikote matt black. Came out supersmooth and like new.

Looks great may try this myself

[Dann]

Looks good.
I think I might do mine gloss black when it needs doing.

[sparkymarky]

Dann, I take it you have gloss trim?/

[Dann]

Yeah I've got the individual piano black trim

[evo97]

Good job. I tried doing mine with plastidip but made a hash job of it so got all my trim sprayed in the end

[Rich_D]

I did mine in satin black a few weeks ago, the old rubberised coating is a swine to rub off, looks so much better though

[Russbmw]

Looks good.

I need to do the wife's X5 - as they are all renowned for the steering wheel trim peeling. The only thing stopping me is that unlike other BMWs, the buttons can't be removed, which I think will be a massive ballache if I'm trying to respray with anything.