Chrome blackout !

[Stubie]

Guys , I'm want black out the chrome trim around the windows on my avant ! The only blackout tape I can find is from the states . My other option is masking around it and painting it with plasti dip !
What have you guys found ??

 

[simon.m]

think if it was me id paint it would only take 5 mins to do it i have a feeling the tape would start to lift after a few mths

 

[AudiLeon]

How hard is it to get the window chromes off though?

 

[CMD]

One of ASN members done this mod last year, someone will pop along later and help you.

 

[simon.m]

i thin there was a guy that did it not so long ago and he put a post up showing how to do it as he just uncliped it did not look like a big job. but you dont need to take it off if you are painting

 

[quattrojames]

I'm not on the PC so can't look for you, but look for "Shadowline" trim on ebay.

 

[Wheelmanwayne]

I bought a couple metres of gloss vinyl (folded it in half to save doing the job twice)cut the shapes out roughly applied the vinyl with the help of a little heat for folding it around the corners etc then trimmed the excess with a sharp scalpel.
A good job should last at least 3-4 years and it takes about 2 hours

 

[iyrix]

Anyone got a link to where i can buy this? would be interested in try it on my car.

Cheers
G.

 

[4NT]

At factory order time Audi called it Black Optics pack if that's any use to you whilst searching etc.

 

[Turkster]

it was me!

lift up this edge

lift a bit

and peel back like a banana!

 

[AudiLeon]

Surely that knackers it?

 

[hades-]

if the tapes put on good it wont lift
its been on my old b6 for over 2 years
painting is an option but ots a big job to remove the trims
tape up and pain is quicker

 

[Turkster]

Surely that knackers it?

yep, you can not take them off without busting them, that's the way they are designed, one time fit!

 

[Wheelmanwayne]

To remove the strips is a big job door cards off windows out the clips/bolts holding the strips are inside the door,
I'll upload some pics of mine before and after I blacked it out with gloss black vinyl

before

after + its having tints done in the below pick, chavy some might say but they have a purpose stopping the sun getting to my 9 month old twins eyes & theres a few toe rags in birmingham haha

 

[Turkster]

you can also buy from the dealers blacked out strips rather than re chroming them, i did look into this option,

 

[simon.m]

whats that black strip under the side of your car ??????

 

[Wheelmanwayne]

They are CSR side skirts

 

[Greeny233]

I believe on the Avant the rear side window trims are part of the windows so the rear side windows have to come out. So using vinyl or tape/platidip will be the easiest option. I tried carbon Di-Noc film on mine and it only took about an hour to do one side but i didn't like it so off it came.