Side strips on a MK4 Golf

Hi, I recently purchased my 1st car, a 2002 golf, and i wish to get the black rubber bits on the side of the doors and bumper sprayed to match the car.
2 garages quoted me over £300 for this and told me that I would have to purchase the side strips separatly because u cannot remove the ones already on the car and put them back on again (is this true?)
If so, does anyone know where i could pick these up cheap, the boy at the garage said they were around £150!

Cheers

Hello and Welcome to the forum!

RickT