How to Easily Paint and Restore Black Body Trim!

[@Onimun]

Audio set up stellar Plastics looking great

[@AutoAutopsy]

Thank you 🫡

[@CFCVideos]

Never had a Saab but I watch this channel for years now😀👏🏻 My E46 also has a lot of black trim and it works with Maguires ultimate black. But I also do not have a lot of sun where I live

[@CFCVideos]

No fan of the stickers tbh tho

[@AutoAutopsy]

Thanks for the support. I haven’t had luck long term with trim restorer unfortunately

[@juansolazcampos5673]

Saludos desde España.Bravo!!!

[@AutoAutopsy]

Gracias! 😀🙌🏼

[@ΚώσταςΣαλαμούρας]

Bravo my friend perfect car

[@AutoAutopsy]

Thank you!!

[@JULY-pp8jk]

I painted the door/bumper/grill trim off the saab. Since i removed it and the lights/grill before taking it to maaco to get painted white. It was worth it! Paint job came out clean! The trim painted made it pop! Plus i got the ice block tail lights that has the black outlining. Just never got around to painting the door handles, side mirrors trim, wipers and the area around it. its on my list lol

[@AutoAutopsy]

Awesome! Sounds like you followed a similar path on cosmetic mods that I have! 🤣

[@arlingtonrva1780]

The new mic is great. Very clear and full sound.

[@AutoAutopsy]

Awesome, glad you think so!

[@FYMean29]

Been looking up videos in general for this project but here I am and the guy I’m subbed to made a vid and it’s for my car 10/10 love this guys vids and consistency on the 9-3 🔥

[@AutoAutopsy]

Thanks for the sub! I appreciate that 😄

[@aivarasurbanavicius9563]

No idea about plastic trim, but mirrors and door handles last way longer if you apply matt clear coat over the paint

[@AutoAutopsy]

good tip!

[@pavlospanteliadis6868]

use a heat gun as it really brings the best results and makes them like new. I think it pushes all the plastic oil out and makes it nice! You just need to be very careful though as if it gets too hot it will melt!

[@AutoAutopsy]

I’ve always been a bit wary of heat due to it making the plastic more brittle/fragile over time

[@pavlospanteliadis6868]

@@AutoAutopsy you can only do this trick once I think but it really stays for a long time

[@vincentlagrua]

Awesome man! The 9-3 looks amazing with the trim refinished. Now I'll have to get a auto autopsy sticker for the 9000.

[@AutoAutopsy]

There ya go 👊🏼👀

[@1995RangeRover]

Great results!!! Reminds me of when I gave my old Scarab Green '88 9000T the chrome removal business in '98!! Good luck at getting 100k subs! You're almost there!!

[@AutoAutopsy]

Nice! I bet that looked good. Hoping I can hit that 100k mark soon

[@inventorj]

Literally just swapped my four plastic door handles for four black paint matched today. Took me way longer then I want to admit haha

[@AutoAutopsy]

Awesome. I’d love to do that someday but for now I kinda like the black

[@Hagis2k]

Great job I did the same on my old car I painted my trim in the same red body color of my car, but next time please scuff up the plastic a bit with 600k or 800k sandpaper. Then your paint will adhere a lot better be careful when you wash the plastic trim later on, the pressure of the water might blast the paint off since you didnt sand the parts remove the door handles next time and paint them with the same body color. It is amazing to see the amount of work you been putting down on this 9-3 hats off to you sirrrr keep up the awesome work, the best solution for these sun faded trims are real 2k matte black paint then you get the chemical resistance too like gasoline if you accidently spill it on the painted area. I spent a crazy amount of time refurbishing my 18" $150 wheels i bought like 4 years ago, they had insane curb rash they looked like shit when you looked at them closely I had to take a hand file and file the scarred edges down. I know you should tig weld the edge up and use a lathe to cut it down but I 3d printed a guide so I could use steel epoxy and shape them the right way a month of work putting filler on sanding and repeat that 1000 times lol, then I made a jig that I put in the center bore and sanded the edge at 45 degrees painted them silver and then masked the areas of where it should remain silver then paint the rest black, and I used the same Spray Max 2K clear on them 3 cans and like 3 thick coats on them. And to top it off I 3d printed my own holders for the SAAB badge in the center they turned out pretty good, I think i shall send you a message on IG and show you the result as I cant upload photos here. Keep up the great work together we can save our SAABs \m/

[@AutoAutopsy]

Sure! My concern with sanding is that it would ruin the “textured” finish that they come with from factory, which I personally like

[@Darthvolvo]

Love the end results. That 9-3 is looking 🔥

[@AutoAutopsy]

Thank you, Mr. Volvo 🇸🇪

[@Elementroh]

Did the same to my 9-3 03 a few weeks ago! Looks amazing man!

[@AutoAutopsy]

Nice! Thank you 🙏🏼

[@bdlii]

Looks great man. Agree the other solutions are temporary. No need to put a clear over the paint? How does it feel on your hands, especially the door handles. My plastic mirrors on my '06 9-3 also look a mess and I'm trying to figure out the best solution for them.

[@AutoAutopsy]

Thanks! It still sort of has that “rough” feeling that the factory one does, which I personally like. I decided against clear. I think it’ll be fairly durable without it, but we’ll see!

[@anothersaab]

another great video and the sound is perfect.

[@AutoAutopsy]

Awesome, thanks for the feedback

[@FMJRaven]

This video definitely helps cause a lot of my trim is straight grey and not very good looking so this helps with how I need to go about it

[@AutoAutopsy]

Good luck! Just be tedious with the masking and clean the surface properly and you’ll be good to go

[@jamesmoirano4271]

Looks great, we’ll done. Mask work was impressive! 👍🏼

[@AutoAutopsy]

Thanks, James!

[@6mtsaab]

This car looks great. Looks exactly like my ‘06 9-3 Aero with the 2.8 and a 6spd manual.

[@AutoAutopsy]

Thanks, Nick

[@thackerybrown2860]

your car is looking so great man

[@AutoAutopsy]

Thanks thackery! Hope to see yours in Portland?

[@samhug7737]

Great video with amazing results!

[@AutoAutopsy]

Thank you!

[@f296877]

Nice work!

[@AutoAutopsy]

Thanks!

[@brandondorsey5064]

I need to do that also. Good video. I want to do they tray by the wind shield. Mine looks terrible

[@AutoAutopsy]

Thanks! I recently did the windshield one. It’s not too bad to get off

[@brandondorsey5064]

@AutoAutopsy nice, I must of missed that video if you posted it. Love the channel. Keep up the good work

[@Ang.0910]

The cowl? Is it easy to take off?

[@cclokey21]

Your new sticker is so nice

[@AutoAutopsy]

Thanks 😀

[@thingserik7269]

Could you pick me up a bunch of the seedless grapes, please. Thought i might spray them with lacquer and put them on the back deck

[@cinemar]

I don't believe I've seen those exhaust tips on your videos before. How do they fit on? They look cool.

[@AutoAutopsy]

They’re from Maptun! I put them on when I did a full exhaust from the a couple months back. You can buy the tips separately. Here’s the video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oZnNZKF_qt6ir5osi=oyx0NHdiUaJOXoz7

[@cinemar]

@@AutoAutopsy Thx very much :)

[@billybull7419]

Where did you get the Irish reg 😮

[@AutoAutopsy]

From a subscriber!

[@raffe65]

😎👍♥🏁 Sounds great.. Looks great!

[@AutoAutopsy]

Thank you raffe 😀

[@cinrambrad]

Jacob: Thanks for giving us stuff to watch, even tho its really hot out.........Any future plans to paint the garage floor and throw plastic chips down?.......

[@AutoAutopsy]

Thanks for watching. I appreciate it. I’d love to and have been considering it for a while, as you can see the floor is definitely a bit of a mess from previous owners. I’m thinking since I ideally won’t live in this house more than another 3-5 years, I’ll spend the money on the next house to get that done 😀

[@wilcostegeman7643]

Two other options are make it hot with hot air, the black color will come back. Other is black shoe polish

[@AutoAutopsy]

I don’t think either would work as well as paint unfortunately

[@DanSmittle]

Why not just remove the side moldings and bumper moldings? All come off easily with trim removal tool. Then clean and spray. And reinstall.

[@supersaabclaire]

Some of them don't actually, the front and back are easy, however if the clips on the sides break you're fucked

[@AutoAutopsy]

4:20 mark for the explanation on that!

[@JULY-pp8jk]

@@supersaabclaire happened to me lol had to buy them white clips

[@Zkiit]

​@@supersaabclaire Not at all.. You can remove the side trims very easily, done it many times. You just have to be careful and use some plastic trim removal tool so they don't break. And IF some break you can just replace them from a scarp saab from the junkyard..

[@DanSmittle]

@@supersaabclaire mine came off easily with trim removal tool. Nothing broke

[@chrisrodriguez1247]

I have a oem exterior key whole plug. Trade for a decal😊

[@AutoAutopsy]

Haha shoot me a message! 🤔👀

[@tomitoikka367]

Brilliant job 👌😎👍 Sorry for bullying about Audi @Facebook 😁

[@AutoAutopsy]

🙌🏼🤣 I told you 99% of my content I’d still Saab stuff lol!

[@tomitoikka367]

You rule mate 🤘😎👍

[@davidjackson3221]

🎞🏁🏁🏁🎞👍

[@AutoAutopsy]

🙌🏼

[@crackmemes8831]

my saab 9-3 07 needs alot of paint work LOL

[@AutoAutopsy]

Ship her off to Maaco like I did 🤣👍🏼

[@scannerbro]

it takes far less work to pop the trim off.

[@AutoAutopsy]

I would personally disagree, especially when you factor in the door handles. Plus, you can remove the black plastic piece from the entire mirror housing! It’s only about an hour or so to mask everything

[@d4ve587]

I heard of car wraps but this is ridiculous 😅

[@AutoAutopsy]

What do you mean?

[@reeceedwards1752]

FIRST

[@AutoAutopsy]

🫡🙌🏼

[@gazby2238]

Nice i have a saab 2004 turbo 210xxx kms Australia 🌏 🦘 Nice video might touch mine up What was that sonf when you was first whiping the door handle

[@AutoAutopsy]

nice! I was using alcohol. I would also recommend doing clear coat. I made that mistake here of NOT doing that