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Jason Renville wrote: > > Theo, > How long ago did you have this done? I was mainly interested to > see if it peels at the edges of the beading. I have seen some cars Jason, I had this done about one year ago. The beading and the body were done seperately by a very good painter who is specialised in classic cars. He knows a lot about different kind of paints and can mix virtually any colour for old cars to match spot on. Being used to working on Mercs, BMWs, Porches and other expensive till vveerryy expensive cars, he found it quite funny that someone would spend that kind of cash on a VW. As someone mentioned before on the list, many 'plastic' parts on modern cars are sprayed using the same flexing agent and the quality of that seems to depend on the make of the cars. The paint doesn't peel easily on the edges, however if you bend too much it can come of. When installing beading you should put them in rather hot water anyway to make them more flexible, this also prevents the peeling. I had no problems with them. I think you have to find a guy with experience in this, who knows what he's talking about. Mind you, we are not blessed with a lot of sunshine overhere, so I have no info on UV resistance ! Cheers, Theo