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2002 Civic LX, 150kish miles

Clear Coat Failure is on fleek so I am going to get a repaint, but also wanted to address the crappy looking exterior trim between windows and doors. See photos. A friend of mine dressed them up a few years ago with some kind of plasti-dip stuff but it has since peeled off.

My question: is there a simple part-replacement fix for this? Or some other kind of longer-lasting solution? Thanks

 
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not a customization, rather a mechanical issue, moving to proper location of the forums

 
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Its stainless underneath, peel it all off and make the car look fancier

 
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If it is stainless, why do they bother putting the weather stripping on it?

It could be to protect the glass or it might be some sort of heat sink.

I would not recommend ripping anything off a car without knowing for sure that it serves no purpose.

 
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he is telling to remove the paint the op's friend put in there, not the piece... read again

 
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It makes the window look slightly bigger/blend into the body panels. Seen plenty of cars in my area with all that black peeled off

 
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for those unaware, plast-dip is a temporary paint. It can be peeled off by hand the next day.
you feel like having a yellow car tomorrow? paint it with plast-dip. Next week, peel off the yellow paint.

it can also start peeling off by itself, it is temp, after all

 
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I replaced those trim pieces on my coupe like 8 years ago because it looked similar.

 
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Thanks, do you remember what the trim piece was called? Been looking all over the place and can’t identify the part number…

 
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https://www.civicforums.com/forums/1...retailers.html

 
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Using a site like HondaPartsNow.com, you can find these pieces in "Interior / Bumper" > "Molding - Protector". Reference parts 1 and 4 for the front doors, 7 and 9 for the rears.

 
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I had an '01 Civic, same issue.. I pulled them off, peeled that balck off, light sanded and rattle can sprayed with a rust-oleum flat black lasted fine for another 6 years til I traded the car for an '12.

 
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Can they be poped off without removing the side-view mirrors? I am having this issue with my 01 LX as well and it is currently the main/biggest eyesore. I don't feel like spending $200 or so on the replacement pieces for now so I am looking for the easiest solution.

I'm thinking about either peeling off all the black and leaving it as-is for that chrome-like appearance or peeling off all the black and spraying it with black Plasti-dip.

Or, if it is really that easy to remove, do the above but with the piece off the car so I don't have to worry about masking off/overspray issues.

 
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Been a while but I think it was kind of esay, and no the mirror was not removed in the process...