Peeling paint

[Dayvo]

Ok , the paint on the black strips on the roof of my 've is starting to peel off , would plastikote be any good to fix it , or best to re paint them.

 

[losh1971]

Are they the same type of strips the ute has? I didn't think they were painted, rather they are black rubber coated?

 

[VS 5.0]

Mine are black plastic.....don't appear to be painted.

Plastidip will do the job but don't know how long it will last.

Other option is to mask off, sand, prime and paint.

 

[Dayvo]

Mine are black plastic.....don't appear to be painted.

Plastidip will do the job but don't know how long it will last.

Other option is to mask off, sand, prime and paint.

Mine seem to be plastic coated metal .

 

[VS 5.0]

Mine seem to be plastic coated metal .
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This is mine.....

I removed the plastic cover where roof racks mount (that piece to the left in the pic) and there is a metal substrate underneath a mm or so of the black plastic.

 

[losh1971]

That's the same as mine. I thought it was rubber like the windscreen side strip's.

 

[VECalaisV8Wagon]

I scraped with a blade all the old rubber coating & sanded back then plasti-dip.

 

[Fu Manchu]

All the strips from VT-VF are similar surface treatment. It’s a rubberised plastic. Super hard to fix up but I think after a few fails with them, I’m certain rhinoliner would be a good solution. Down side is that the amount needed for a few strips is going leave a lot left over and it’s expensive. The strips are getting hard to find and expensive to buy for junk ones.

Be good to see how these turn out.

 

[losh1971]

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/124255925257?chn=ps&_ul=AU&_trkparms=ispr=1&amdata=enc:1KgWS0qS3SBG04Cq26ktNiQ16&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=705-139619-5960-0&mkcid=2&itemid=124255925257&targetid=1619857433714&device=c&mktype=pla&googleloc=1000481&poi=&campaignid=14474153428&mkgroupid=135232975108&rlsatarget=pla-1619857433714&abcId=9300653&merchantid=9350872&gclid=Cj0KCQiA9OiPBhCOARIsAI0y71Dxi4wHt3U8yGQKUiamTgEUbaplIgzFVYoCiocWOTsmxf-aQqTv-y4aAi6gEALw_wcB

Is this them? I just added some ute ones to my list, even though mine are still really good.

 

[Fu Manchu]

That’s them.

I have VZ and VE ones in the garage. I did post about their interchangeability in my Cross8 thread but can’t recall the details off the top of my head. One has a slight curve. The profile is the same.