It does wear and chip. Put down a metal etching primer first (you can buy
it in a rattle can from a paint shop) and make sure the farm is really
clean. I have never done this myself, but I understand that you can get the
aluminum re-anodized in black. That would be a perfect solution if it is
possible. Second to that, powder coating. After that, paint. You can always
touch it up.

Jim

On Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 8:21 AM Nick Feickert <thesuperflydisco@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hello Vanagan fans!! So I've removed the sliding window from the aluminum
> frame and have tinted it and the fixed window. Next thing I'd like to do is
> paint the frame black since I'm going with the Cali look on all the windows
> and doing away with the chrome trim that never lasted anyways. So the
> question
> is: Has anyone painted their frames and would it wear off where the window
> slides against the frame?
>