Went to reinstall but dropped a piece so i need to do touch up. Gonna wait another hour for everything to cure.

Are the headlight pieces the same or is their a Left and Right one?

-Will

 

I'm curious how you all remove the chrome and prepare the pieces so the paint bonds properly.

 

I am just plastiDipping right now. If i like how it looks i will start over w/ something more permanent.

 

I changed my gas cap and scuttle carriers from chrome to white, but they were all done professionally.

 

All done! Looks amaZing. already got compliments from neighbors. Something i forgot though. How do you remove the headlamp spray jets?

 

Pics!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/willsisti/3758514255/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/willsisti/3758515003/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/willsisti/3759311860/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/willsisti/3759311560/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/willsisti/3758516925/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/willsisti/3758516561/

 

wow! that came out very nice!! def looks professional. always worth "the do it yourself" end result!

 

i also just got rid of my front license plate, and was left with the dealer drilled holes. i was debating taking the car to the shop to get the bumper sprayed to cover the ugly plate holes, but found these as a great DIY great workaround from cost of spraying the bumper and time without car from a bodyshop. the paint match was exact to my finish. now no more holes!
http://www.bumperplugs.com/BPindex.html

 

Anyone else ever use these guys?

http://www.lylesvinylstyles.net/

-Will

 

I have not but many people on this site have used Lyle. I have heard nothing but great things about his work.

 

Good to know. Thanks.

On another note. I was at the dealer and i scored two new side chrome markers for $40 for the pair. i am going to use them to pain then swap them on.

 

Whats th best way to paint the side markers. I don't want to plasti dip them. I want my end result to be mostly blacked out w/ just the red "S" with a thin chrome outline. RIght now the red S is only a decal so i am going to remove that first. Clean and sand the entire thing (minus the S). With the S area still masked off, prime (?) and paint the whole thing black. remove the tape revealing just a chrome S. Maybe after that i will mask the area again and paint that red.

 

I tried this, since the paint layers so much on a small space, its very hard to peel the tape afterwards, a lot of times it wont be a clean cut, and if it is, theres still a gap in the layer of paint with the chrome.

my suggestion (what i did too) .. paint the whole thing the color you want, then go to astheticcreations and get a "dome S" ... its like 10$ for 3 of em, and you can get it the color you want, then stick it right ontop of the painted scuttle. sticks really well and hasnt come off thru a winter and summer already, and looks OEM.

 

I like that idea. It is going to be hard/impossible to keep just the thin outline of chrome around the "S". What sort of paint/process should i use to paint it. Clean/Sand/Prime/Paint? What kind of primer and paint should i use?

-Will

 

if you want to go clean sand prime paint then i'd go with krylon for a decent off the shelf brand..

or, you can just pick up some krylon fusion... which is designed to adhere to plastic.. u could even sand it down and use the fusion maybe.. check out the back of the can while you're shopping for paints

 

Alright cool. Should i bother separating the chrome piece from the black plastic or just paint the whole thing. I am thinking if i paint the whole thing i would get a more uniform black.

 

i agree, but since the texture is different, it may not look as uniform as u want... it may though, im not too sure.. just throwing it out there

post pics after!

I have a can of dark silver from minspeed that i'm waiting to paint a few things with... prob my gas cap/grill surround/tail rings (which are all plasti black now)

 

I will probably tackle this project Friday or saturday morning before All Points West. Gonna order the "S" decals now. Thanks for the help.

 

instead of painting, order the vinyl overlays from http://www.aestheticreations.net/vin...icstickers.htm

 

I didn't see those yesterday when i just ordered the "S". I already bought extra side markers to paint. It will cost about the same to buy paint as it would to get the vinyl.

 

Just did the rears and waiting for side markers to dry.



Flickr Set

 

Side Markers




Full Flickr Set

 

Sweet looking. Plastidip or did you use traditional paint?

 

Side markers are Krylon Fusion paint and the rears are plastiDip

 

I talked about my painted trim pices but never posted them, so here they are:

JCW scuttles with carriers painted white and gas cap painted white. Unlike those blacking all their chrome away, I like it and think the right amount of it is perfect with Chili Red/White. When I do the JCW Aero kit next year I'm even planning to keep the chrome grill surrounds instead of the glossy black ones that come with the kit.