Renewing black trim

[Jack Stands]

I removed the vent window assemblies on my Targa to renew the window seal/stop and wanted to refresh the finish. Will simple black trim paint be enough or should I search out powder coating? Seems like some satin black rattle can paint should do the job as it's not a concours car.

[DRACO A5OG]

The paint will not hold up. At a minimum bake it but it will still wear off/chip off. If you can have it powder coated, you will be much happier in the long run. Might as well do all you black metal trim i.e. door handles

[scarceller]

Paint can work, the trick is sand it down to bare metal then apply a good self etching primer, the self etch primer is the trick. Then top coat with paint. You'd be amazed how well paint holds to metal with self etch primer. Find a high quality self etch primer, try 3M products. The real good self etch comes as a 2 part primer, you can also find spray cans but the best is the 2 part.

[universeman]

SEM Self Etching Primer and Wurth Satin Black is what I used. 1 year later (only) but it's holding up great so far.

[DRACO A5OG]

Yeah, I think that is what I did wrong, used wrong primer, thinking primer is primer. Just learned something

[Dantilla]

I used Krylon satin black rattle cans, and was very pleased. Proper prep is the key.