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    E38 750 Paint Job

    Finally my car is getting painting this weekend.

    I was wondering if anybody know where I can get the rubber trim that goes between the car and the chrome piece around the top of the doors ( See picture 1)
    And any recommendation of restoring the head and tail lights.

    Will repair the rims and repaint them silver.


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    That’s a piece of trim notorious for drying out and falling apart. You can buy new OEM trim for a couple hundy a side, or buy some weatherstrip from Lowe’s for cheap. I replaced mine with some rubber strips sold by GMCPaul here on the forum. Not sure if he’s still in that game or not.
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    Quote Originally Posted by clarkitect View Post
    That’s a piece of trim notorious for drying out and falling apart. You can buy new OEM trim for a couple hundy a side, or buy some weatherstrip from Lowe’s for cheap. I replaced mine with some rubber strips sold by GMCPaul here on the forum. Not sure if he’s still in that game or not.
    Thank you, I have contacted GMCPaul and he will be shipping me one. does the installation require taking the chrome trip out? my old oem rubber is dry out and removed, dont want to play around removing the chrome piece if I dont have to.
    Does the piece from GMCPaul cover the entire side (rear to front door) ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by masu3701 View Post
    Thank you, I have contacted GMCPaul and he will be shipping me one. does the installation require taking the chrome trip out? my old oem rubber is dry out and removed, dont want to play around removing the chrome piece if I dont have to.
    Does the piece from GMCPaul cover the entire side (rear to front door) ?
    You can put the rubber in with the chrome strip in place. The rubber only goes up the back to a little short of where the chrome pieces meet.
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    One piece will do both sides with some trimming.
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    What color are you repainting it? I'm guessing the original Anthracite? And how much is the job going to cost, if you don't mind my asking?

    As for headlight and taillight restoration, most people just buy new lenses for the headlights. You can wetsand and polish the taillights with a $30 Meguiar's headlight restoration kit (which I'm sure would work for the headlight lenses too). I used these on my '01 tails and they look brand new now.
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    I am repainting the same color. A friend of mine who owns a body shop is doing it for $1500.

    I looked at headlight lenses but most I see online aren't original, and I dont really like after market quality on these cars, so I may just send them down and see how they come out.

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    Paint job done. Not too back for the money.

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    Looks great. Now make sure you park at the outer ends of parking lots to avoid dings!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Aitch View Post
    Looks great. Now make sure you park at the outer ends of parking lots to avoid dings!
    Yes definitely!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Aitch View Post
    Looks great. Now make sure you park at the outer ends of parking lots to avoid dings!
    My wife has been hit and run in Kroger parking lots three times! Once busted up the front bumper and the other two were scuffy graze marks. People suck.
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    Quote Originally Posted by masu3701 View Post
    Paint job done. Not too back for the money.

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    Looks amazing! 1500 is a great price. I am hoping to do this next summer to my royal rot sport...

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