Stop in for a cup of coffee

Morning all....
Been out in the garage putting a clear coat on the freshly painted kick panels.
I worked on those silly things for three days trying to get that four inch wide bottom strip to look perfect.
They look really good, but not quite what I wanted.
Wife finally reminded me these are kick panels, they are dark blue, and no one is really going to look at them that close.
Good point, I was done.
What are these panels you speak of. (pics or it didn't happen)
Seriously - for what? are they metal? I saw you were sanding them for paint. Cant do that on my plastics or you lose the 'grain'.