ill be removing all of the rubber molding off of the exterior and repainting. might even go from the charcoal color that they are now, to black.
here is a pic of what im talking about, ALL of the rubber that goes all the way around. this one is not mine...
at first i was going to just try to paint the back bumper or touch up a spot but figured i could just revive all of it all the way around.
here is the spot that started all of this, signs of small fender bender, bent the plastic up a little and caused the discoloration. right hand side of bumper...
urethanesupply.com has a kit where you can make it shine like it use to. those faded pieces. If your going to paint them won't that look funky since it won't come out smooth? I dunno, up to you. But go for it, its always fun to work on something besides the audio part of your ride.
Tremor.... Why don't you just go ahead and build a damn wall? You're crazy close to it already and you would be the first on ecoustics to have a daily wall! It would be alot louder than it is now I would bet.