Ok, on this page I will show you how I painted the rocker panels and lower rear fascia of my car. First, I took a pry bar and wrapped it in duct tape to avoid scratching the paint off the rockers when I pulled out the plastic push pins holding it on. There are 8 pins on each side, facing directly downward, plus 2 in the front wheelwell. You will need to buy replacements for the 8 on each side that face downward (don't worry, it was only $21 total). I pried them a bit loose, then used the claw of the pry bar and a good hit downward with the hammer on the pry bar to knock them out.

Next I prepped the lower rear fascia for painting. As I did with other parts of the car, I used plastic fine line tape for my edges and sanded with 400 grit sandpaper to prep everything.

I hung the rocker panels up and painted them with Satin Black trim paint.

I wanted to put 2 coats on the rockers since they will see a lot of road debris, so while the first coat was drying I painted the lower rear fascia and shortly thereafter removed the tape and paper.

After allowing them a day to dry, I re-installed the rocker panels back onto the car using new push pins (16 total, Ford part #W710532-S300). Painting the rockers and lower rear fascia not only matches up with the lines of the chin spoiler on my car, it also makes the car looker lower and meaner which is perhaps why they have done essentially the same thing to the new
Ford Shelby GT500. On the next page I will show you the installation of my body-color mirror inserts.