Yeah, the paint does add a nice touch for sure. I have a silver and like it as is, but I'd have them painted if I had another color for sure.

Whatever you do Pearl White owners do not try to use white PlastiDip. The bright white up against the pearl is atrocious, not that I didnt know that before trying but I was hoping the PD white wouldn't be super bright. :eek:

Epic FAIL to say the least!

Since this is an older thread, I thought I'd ask what folks thought of their painted door handles now that they are a few years old. How did they last?

I just bought a 2016 NISMO in red and I'm considering having my bodyshop paint them. The OEM ones draw too much attention.

mine look as good as the day they were painted. It has been about 2 years.

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It does look good! Did you remove/install yourself? If so, how was it?

I actually had a body shop do it along with a few other bits I needed painted.

Got the door handles painted. Love it!

^^^^ Looks good, very nice!!!! :tup:^^^^

So I live in a fairly small city, and I know the manager of my dealer's body shop. I like the way this looks so I asked him about it. $600 apparently... guess I'll get another couple of quotes.

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What chrome is he talking about? :icon14: Paint will last just fine on the OEM handles - as long as they are prepped and painted properly. I'm thinking you're probably better off going somewhere else anyway.

Yes sir, I think you're right. Truth told, the more I think about it, I might just do it myself with them on the car. I figure a little scuffing paste and a red Scotch Brite pad, hit it with an adhesion promoter and it should stick just fine.

Curtis, in the DIY section, OldGuyFla did a write up and his turned out very nice. You might want to check it out!!