What To Do About This Painted Trim…

[slippyd]

Hi everyone; been reading these forums for a while now and I guess It's time to chime in. I bought my first Porsche last December (a 1976 911 S) and have slowly been working to fix and restore what the PO had done in a hurry. Right now she's leaking oil (just need to get her over to John Walker sooner or later ;-D), so I'm taking the time to fix some things I can't normally remove and still be able to drive it around.

Specifically, I want to get the trim black again (it was black when I bought it), not black with little chips of chrome showing through all over. I've read on here that there's plenty of folks out there willing to trade original plated black trim for chrome trim, but since mine was already painted, I decided I've got nothing to lose by stripping the paint first.

I shortly found out why it was it painted, besides updating the look: the chrome/metal was quite worn around the edges and corners.

So now I'm at a crossroads. I'm not sure if anyone would want to swap with me for metal they'd have to get re-chromed anyway; I don't have the tools to re-plate it myself; and doing a thorough painting myself (a primer coat, color coat, and sealer coat of something like Krylon) is looking mighty tempting (especially since it's sunny in Seattle and I want to drive!)

Attached are pictures of her when I got her and of the wear on the door handle (after stripping the paint). Thanks in advance for your thoughts and advice!

[WRGREENER]

why arae you not powder painting the stuff? it is a pain to fit all the rubber seals back but... it wears like iron. did mine 20 years ago and still no pitting.