Painting the back

rankhornjp · Jun 26, 2012

Wife's new 2011 Avy has the black rear sides (not sure what they are called)

Has anyone painted these? Would plasti dip work?

Thanks

Jimmyp19 · Jun 26, 2012

They are called cladding and sail panels,
Are you trying to just paint them or smooth them and paint them?

rankhornjp said:
Wife's new 2011 Avy has the black rear sides (not sure what they are called)

Has anyone painted these? Would plasti dip work?

Thanks

rankhornjp · Jun 27, 2012

Just painting them would be fine, she doesn't like the black

lx4life · Jun 27, 2012

I am getting mine re painted now, the first time the guy didn't prep it properly, the second guy is peeling all the paint off sanding it and painting it smooth all for $500 plus doing my running boards again $200, hope to pick the parts up Friday. So I would find a paint shop that has been in the business for a while and knows how paint lays on different material. Good luck and it will look great when it's done, I did my running boards cause I didn't like the black in the middle look and also I paint the front lower lip

lx4life · Jun 27, 2012

here is some pics of my truck before my repaint

micah · Jul 3, 2012

My 2012 came painted from the factory. I heard they only offer it in certain colors though.

micah · Jul 3, 2012

lx4life said:
here is some pics of my truck before my repaint

I like your grille. What brand? Is it an overlay or full replacement? I have the chrome LTZ but like the horizontal better.

lx4life · Jul 5, 2012

its an overlay, i am thinking about selling it and getting another grille but its hard to find a nice one.

felixgun · Jul 5, 2012

If you want to do it "right", buy the Escalade EXT sail panels which lays on top of the factory sail panels that are unpainted. The sail panels from the EXT are already a smooth texture so it comes out much better when trying to paint it. Plus then you can get the Esky EXT Third brake light too

Jimmyp19 · Jul 5, 2012

felixgun said:
If you want to do it "right", buy the Escalade EXT sail panels which lays on top of the factory sail panels that are unpainted. The sail panels from the EXT are already a smooth texture so it comes out much better when trying to paint it. Plus then you can get the Esky EXT Third brake light too

Yup, what i did!

I also have a set of southern comfort panels to sell if anyone is interested, the are below in this section

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