I have a brilliant black 1998.5 B5and I am planning on painting the front and rear lowers (my front lower is kinda nasty and still doesn't look that good after dousing with tire shine)...and sor the lower side moulding I am going to get a low key (like S4) side skirts and spray them when I spray front and rear...

I would definately paint them, I prolly wont do this for a few months, but when the $ and time become available to me I will prolly attempt to write up a halfway decent DIY.