Dressing up a Rocker
As mentioned in Ugly Bumpers No More , I'm not a fan of rubber protection strips on my cars. Not on bumpers, not on doors, and not on rocker panels. BMW 3.0 CS coupes have a metal rocker cover with a big rubber strip along the top, below the door. In stock trim, it is painted with a black pebbled stone-guard finish, making the paint color stop about 4 inches above the bottom of the car, thus visually raising the ride height.