roadfrog

I saw one that looked like that...... I thought it looked terrible.

I agree with tlk2megoos. If mine gets bad enough, I'll remove the wrap, prime, then paint. 20 bucks or so and I'm done.

Nospinzone

Well I took it to my auto body guy. The only way he would fix it is to remove the wrap and paint it.

He did think my glue idea was worth trying, so that's what I am going to do.

I have a feeling that eventually I will end up having to have it painted.

krypto89

when i originally searched. i found this thread. i don't think it can be painted because it is chrome underneath (i guess it could be painted but i heard painting chrome is not ideal because chipping is highly probable). that is why i was asking for instructions on how to remove it so i could try to glue it properly:

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/ls-...trim-wrap.html

RandyV

Why do you continue to refer to it as a wrap when Lexus has indicated it is actually paint?

Nospinzone

It's not paint. Where did you see Lexus called it paint?

I actually was going to edit the title of my thread to correctly read "wrap" because initially I thought it was paint when I started the thread.

krypto89

i agree. it's some sort of thick vinyl glued onto chrome/metal. for my situation, the vinyl is a little warped and i can lift it up slightly and can see the chrome/metal frame of the trim...

Nospinzone

I'm pretty sure it is not chrome. I know when my passenger side peeled off the metal was somewhat shiny, but it had a discoloration unlike chrome. Besides, it doesn't make sense that Lexus would chrome metal that they were going to cover up anyway. Although it doesn't make sense to put cheap wrap over it in the first place.

I think you could paint it with a proper metal primer applied first.

dicer

Its very stupid they painted that in the first place. And who ever painted it did not know a thing about painting. You can not paint a slick shiny part and expect the paint to stay on. Now if they would have sanded it good and ruffed it a bit the paint would then have a grip to hold on to. Old Subaru's had this same problem with trim being painted over. Why? was shiny trim an option? So then the option is we either mask over it for painting or just paint it.

SW17LS

Its not painted from the factory...its wrapped.

texas008

the peeling plastic wrap on these two trim pieces are causing lots of wind noises.
this could be the major reason for the wind noise issue.

SW17LS

If people had peeling trim that was causing wind noise they would be able to see it, and the issue was an issue on brand new cars when the 460 came out, so thats not the issue.

RandyV

Ah, my mistake. I thought I read that the Lexus techs indicated it was paint.

If it's a factory colour-match wrapped part then I imagine there should be multiple part numbers for that part, each for the specific car colour?


So what's the issue?

1Putt

Yes, the OEM replacement part is for the entire trim piece that already comes in the factory colors

texas008

good point...
guess the peeling trim made the wind noise louder..