door trims rust, chips?

**Ninny** · 08-12-2009

Hey just got car back from paintjob and thought they did ok... I was disappointed though.
they painted OVER the badges that I planned to take off. The black was more black/blue
rather than whole BLACK. Also, they told me theyd take care of the rust/chips part on
the door trims. they did not.... apparently they put tape on it and pulled it too hard,
making it look even worse. How do I fix them up?

here's pics and problems

here are the problems

sorry if it seems dirty. when i got it back, it was covered with dust ):

**Blacknight02GT** · 08-12-2009

Looks like the classic chips on rust that appears on all the pillars of any 97-03 GP to me! Mine started that crap last fall.. so this spring I went to the dealer and bought a little bottle of touch up paint for 12 bucks. Comes in a little can with a brush and ball point tip. The cheapest way to fix those little nicks and chips is to just touch them up with the paint. and Apply Mother's Back to Black as needed!

**CTKGP09** · 08-12-2009

if u payed for a service and they didnt do it take it back and make them fix it...but if u wanna do it urself i had my gf put black nail polish on mine and u cant tell till ur about 6in away that there was ever a chip there

**Mad Monkey** · 08-13-2009

is tehre anyway to remove thoes pillars? mine are pretty bad, so i was thinking to remove them, sand em down and re paint em completly. ive poked around but they seem to be pretty firmly attached.. idk.. anyone done that before?

**Thunderturd** · 08-13-2009

Originally Posted by Mad Monkey

is tehre anyway to remove thoes pillars? mine are pretty bad, so i was thinking to remove them, sand em down and re paint em completly. ive poked around but they seem to be pretty firmly attached.. idk.. anyone done that before?

I wanted to do mine Galaxy Silver.

**Mad Monkey** · 08-13-2009

yeah i plan on getting dark dark tint so i wanna keep em black, but they need some sanding down and repainting.. just wondering if it can be done off the car to avoid damage etc...

**Ninny** · 08-14-2009

Originally Posted by Mad Monkey

yeah i plan on getting dark dark tint so i wanna keep em black, but they need some sanding down and repainting.. just wondering if it can be done off the car to avoid damage etc...

i think u can buy pillars for gp but they are chrome. you can always paint over them but i don't know how to put them on.

**Ninny** · 08-14-2009

jesus! to buy 4pcs of pillars, theyre quite expensive.

**Mad Monkey** · 08-14-2009

yeah and because they stick on top they would looks like ass lol

i guess im just gonna clean em up old school way!

**Ninny** · 08-30-2009

Wet N Wild black paint nail polisher worked great for me. Case closed :P

**Mad Monkey** · 08-30-2009

did they paint over the badges on your car? ive just noticed it...

**Spartan GL** · 01-07-2010

bring the car back and tell them to fix it.

or else!

**kfish** · 01-17-2010

the a pillars are held on by like 3 screws. you gotta pull the weather stripping out of the door to get them off. i sanded and painted mine. looks a million times better.

**bronzemist02** · 01-17-2010

What grit of sandpaper did you use kfish? I have to do mine sometime in the near future? Bought a brand new applique and installed it myself on sunfire, but that was because it was pretty hazy and all of the tabs that the screws go into were broken off. was a used door, so it was to be expected that it wouldn't be that great of shape.

**Mad Monkey** · 01-18-2010

Originally Posted by kfish

the a pillars are held on by like 3 screws. you gotta pull the weather stripping out of the door to get them off. i sanded and painted mine. looks a million times better.

got some visuals to go along with that explanation - i tried to get mine off but it didnt work quite right. IE couldnt get them off lol