They can be painted in place but they will come out much nicer if you remove them. It is a lot of work and you will break many of the little screws. If the shop uses the right type of paint for flexible parts it won't matter about the flex. Look up the paint code in the archive, it is a Ditzler # but it can be crossed over to all the paint companies. If you have any doubts about the competance of the shop you might consider shipping them to one of the Delorean venders. They will deal with shops that know how to do it right. It probably won't cost any more to do it that way except for the shipping. David Teitelbaum vin 10757 --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, steve trimble <stevetrimble52@xxxx> wrote: > I hope all of you veteran owners will be patient with > a couple of questions. I have been looking at the > front and rear fascia and finally realized that the > car will never look really sharp until I get them