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Bought 6 dollars worth of black-out tape 1 3/8in from a autopart store and it took about 1.5hrs.

 

looks great!

did you take the grill off of the car, or just do it with it in place???

 

Sexxxxxxxxxeeeeeeeeeeee !

And I normally do not like blacked out grilles. But with your light color of paint and those black bonnet stripes, that looks GREAT !!

 

Very cool

 

Looks great!!! That is how it should have come from the factory!

 

Very nice!!!

 

I like the black better. It looks great!

 

THAT looks absolutely stunning! Good job!

 

Ditto.............

 

how will this tape hold up for the long-run? snow, heat, stones, rain, etc??? any idea??

 

i like it much better, it matches the lower grill. what kind of tape did you use specifically?

 

I did mine a few months ago, and the vinyl is holding up very well. Looks great on yours too!

 

SWEET!

 

much better!!!!!!

 

I like it, but I think it may be a bit too black. It's hard to differentiate the grill from the space between the grills.

 

I think I need to do this to my dad's PW/B MINI. That looks awsome with the bright paint.

 

Good choice on blacking it out. Ive had mine done for a while now.

 

Very Nice looking grill/car!

 

That does look really nice.

I never liked the body color grilles. I went with chrome.

 

Thanks for the compliments....I like it a lot. I think it looks a lot more agressive and not one person on here has anything thing bad to say about it.

I went to PepBoys and bought their 1 3/8 inch blackout tape down their "decal" isle. The tape is a bit flexible which really helped on the curves. The roll was about 6 bucks and it was about 6 feet long. Plenty to spare.

I cleaned the surfaces with simple green to get all the dirt and grim off and then I laid the tape down, without taking anything off the car. I started in the middle and worked to the sides. I wrapped the ends around the grills slots and so far its all sticking with no problems. I made sure there were no bubbles and then slowly cut the edges with a razor.

The hardest part was around the light mounts but it wasnt too bad. I just had to cut a semi-circle around the brackets.

So far, the car has been washed twice, gone through a week of showers and it still looks new. I do live in FL, so it might fade in the summer, but for 6 bucks and 1.5hrs of my time, I can have a new grill in no time.

 

I agree with everybody,it looks GREAT! Now,what do I do with a BRG w/ W roof and stripes?Suggestions?

 

That looks great!

 

Great!! i like it :D

 

MUCH MUCH better!!!

 

Black vinyl FTW! I love the satin finish and the contrast looks great, particularly with ligh(er) or brightly colored cars. This was one of the first MODsI did on my Hot Orange, and was one of my favorites. The tape lasts about 1.5-2 years, but will eventually need to be redone as rocks and other debris take its toll... Luckily the process does not take very long, as you discovered, nor it is exppensive.

Just out of curiosity - where did you find blackout tape in that thickness? I had to buy a sheet of satin-finish sign vinyl and cut it into strips myself...