wow. i really feel like a noob askin this kinda question, but. i was wondering if there was some special paint u guys use to paint ur front bowtie. and also, i have a black balt, and i decided that im gonna make my car black and red for all the parts i buy. would painting the bowtie red be too ricey?? or shood i jus do it black?

 

i sanded it down, and used plastic krylon spray paint. came out good, and the can was like 3 dollars.

 

If you paint it red and don't like it, the worst that can happen is that you have to paint it black. Go for it!

 

yea thats true. i was thinkin like hit up walmart. but not spray paint. i was thinkin brush on, so it dont go all over. but if i cant find anything i guess spray paint and painters tape is the way im going. and i guess i shood look for some kind of plastic paint lol.

 

please do spray paint and painters tape. brush on will just leave streaks. and yea, i would go with the red, and like the other guy said, if u dont like it, just go over it with black.

and a side note, make sure u buy some clear coat spray paint

 

Ok first the front bowties comes off with the two screws that hold it on. Second use some plastic adhesive primer on it then paint it your color of choice and then put a clear coat on it then wax it. But if you wanna do just the center piece its glued to the chrome piece take it apart paint then glue it back together

 

oh. so red paint, then the clear coat right? i know its a dumb question but im drained from school. f gettin up at 6 in the morn.


oh for real??? the bowtie is jus screwed on?? i was lookin at it and it looked like it was molded on there.

 

yea two little screws. and yea, red spray paint, then clear coat. 3-5 coats of each should be fine. dont be afraid to do 5+ coats of the clear coat though, it will only help it.

 

yeah the front bowtie is just screwed on you have to open your hood and look behind the front grill and i think there are 2 10mm bolts they are like bolts but not you will see when you take them out but use a plastic adhesive primer it helps for when you paint it also

Just remeber when you do this many coats take your time make sure the last coat is dry before you do another or you will get runs in the paint and it looks really bad and 2 coats of primer, 3 coats of paint and 4 coats of clear make sure they are small one when you first start off or it will turn out bad

 

sounds good. might go hit up walmart tomorrow. this sounds like an expensive project. lol. i was hoping for like 5 bucks. but o well. its worth it.

 

ahhhh i found it.

https://www.cobaltss.net/forums/show...ainting+bowtie

 

see the thing is you wont use hardly any of it but say you wanna paint your interior pieces well you can use the rest of that stuff for it so all in all if you use it wisely you can paint a lot of stuff with it just a suggestion

 

ah true that. i was thinkin about painting some of the interior. just not sure what and what color.


and thanks for the link.

 

well what ever color you are gunna do the bowtie and interior pieces all should match anyways

 

red looks soo good. i have a black ss/sc with red bowties...looks unreal.



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thats pretty sweet. pickin up paint tonight. only front one tho, and im jus gonna paint over the chrome, too much work taking that off too. and soon ill b debadging the rear.

 

just picked up some stuff tonight. red paint (specifically for plastic) and clear coat. hopefully by the end of the weekend the front and backs will b done.

 

I just used a straight glossy spray paint. Clear coat the hell out of it and it'll stand up to anything.

 

workin on it now. gettin at least the front done. idk about the back cuz i got other stuff to do today and i was jus gonna paint it while it was on there and cover the car and back windshield in newspaper.

 

yea thats what i did. i left the rear badge on. all i did was put paper (it fits nicely between the badge and the car) between the badge and the car and then tape off the silver part. it is alot easier then taking the while badge off. but the front one is only held on by a couple screws.

 

yea its done. but i feel like a dummy cuz i think i put too much red paint on cuz the paint is like soft, either that or i didnt let it dry enough. but while i was holding it on putting the screws back on i accidently pushed on the paint and now there is just a finger print on the top. who knows, maybe the bowtie fairy will come n fix it tonight. lol