Quote Originally Posted by emoners View Post
wouldn't it have been better if the vent was moulded before the side panel was powder coated?
Not really, because you can't powder coat plastic with good effect as powder coating is applied electrostatically and then cured in an oven.

Basically, powder coating was a little trick i found to get rid of the original grain effect on the side panels and is a great durable flat base coat to lay paint on