Painted b-pillars

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I finally got around to painting the b-pillars (3 out of 4). I took them off the car on Sunday, pain in the a$$ to get the backs off. Had to take the back windows out to get the b-pillars off. The one that is not painted has a dent in it and needs a little body work this weekend.

I also installed a 6000K HID kit today. Love it! I will never go back to regular halogens. I post some pics of that later.

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Wow! Those look great!!! I'd like to see the step by step for removing the b-pillar trim pieces... if you get a chance, write that one up. I took the easy route and covered mine with carbon fiber vinyl... still looks good after 1 year.
 
Had a slight problem with the paint, used a clear coat that has a kind of yellowish tint to it for some reason (who knows what it was). I put them on and they didn't match very well. I had enough paint to sand one down and do it again with a different clear coat. Much better match. I ended up having to order more base coat to finish the other 3 b-pillars. I will have those inst. for you soon hopefully.
 
looks cool but now you need to find a way to get the back window pillar to match as well
 
How to:

Roll the window all the way down and pull up on the window trim.
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Once the trim is up, slide it towards the front of the car to remove from the door.
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Remove the door panel.
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Remove the cover, just peels off and sticks back on.
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Remove the 3 black nuts that hold the window motor to the door. I would have circled them but I'm not able to.
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Remove the 4 gold bolts that hold the inner door frame to the door. You can now separate the door frame from the window motor/window and lower it into the door.
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Pull the weather stripping from the window channel, just enough to get a phillips screw driver in a remove the 3 screws.
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Reverse the proses to put it back together.

The fronts are much easier.
Roll down the window.
Remove the trim.
Pull the weather stripping.
Remove the 3 screws.
Pull the b-pillar off.

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lloydrage said:
looks cool but now you need to find a way to get the back window pillar to match as well
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I don't want to break-up the the window line by painting that small pillar.
 
01lssport said:
I don't want to break-up the the window line by painting that small pillar.
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I didn't even notice the small pillar, till he said something about it. :)
It looks really good. :headbang:
 
Awesome! That looks great on your car... and the process is very simple. Thanks for posting the images and the how-to!!! :headbang:
 
the instructions were great.. but i dont get why u need to open up the door panel for? after u get to the door panel u go back to taking off the weather strip and the 3 screws.. so im assuming u need to take off the door panel to get to the weather striping?
 
The windows don't roll all the way down. I had to take the door panel off to take apart the inner door which allows the window to drop down into the door.
I took pictures when I was putting it back together.
 
Nice...

Question.... What did u use to paint those? or did u get them professionally done at a body shop cause that looks really great.... Ken i got a question... would you be willing to paint the pillars that are on your website for price...? i know you have black carbon fiber and chrome but can you get another color for them?
 
01LincolnLSV8 said:
Question.... What did u use to paint those? or did u get them professionally done at a body shop cause that looks really great.... Ken i got a question... would you be willing to paint the pillars that are on your website for price...? i know you have black carbon fiber and chrome but can you get another color for them?
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The black eyebrows and b-pillars can be painted. However, it is taking so long to get stuff back from the painter it is ridiculous. He had knee surgery a couple of weeks ago and he hasn't even painted anything for me. I don't know when he'll be back up an running.

Tyler, great How To. Looks good!
 
did you just use the paint or did you use clear coat over that paint?
 
Some darker black tint would really blend that in, but it really looks nice.
 
ya.. it could be the reflection.. but a nice dark tint wouldnt even let that lil pillar in the back show at all.. making it all look like one peice..
 
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