Getting vinyl put on my badges
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Depends on what youre doing. r u trying to take the entire bowtie off or just the gold part? the entire bowtie wont come off unless you unbolt it, but the gold bowie will. Heat it for about 5 minutes with a hair dryer, and pry it slightly so you can get dental floss inbetween it, and then heat it while you floss away. Then grab some goo gone and remove excess adhesive. Paint the bowtie, then get some 3m adhesive, apply it to the bowtie, and press it back on. Wait a few hours, 24 is recommended, and bam, your done.
thats about 10$ worth of vinyl
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lol yeah thats toooooo high!!!! ok first walmart, gloss paint,tape,and razor blade works good too, but tape it off i taped the crome so the black would stand out alil more and it turned out great front and back see
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That looks awesome! So instead of taking the front bowtie off you just covered the hood around the area and spray painted? I am taking off the back bowtie completely, I just don't like the way it looks!
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That looks awesome! So instead of taking the front bowtie off you just covered the hood around the area and spray painted? I am taking off the back bowtie completely, I just don't like the way it looks!
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That looks awesome! So instead of taking the front bowtie off you just covered the hood around the area and spray painted? I am taking off the back bowtie completely, I just don't like the way it looks!
Last edited by ohshitz; Jun 19, 2009 at 09:41 AM. Reason: Automerged Doublepost
Front and rear cost my about $25. The SS logo's, bowties for wheels and steering wheel bowtie cost me another $25.
The front and rear came oversized so I had to cut them and I got extra smaller bowties and SS's just incase
So yeah, I probably USED about $10-$15 worth of vinyl. Hey, people gotta make money too.
The front and rear came oversized so I had to cut them and I got extra smaller bowties and SS's just incase
So yeah, I probably USED about $10-$15 worth of vinyl. Hey, people gotta make money too.
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(this is to do the bowtie and leave the chrome there) yeah lol, i just took tape and taped over the whole bowtie part, and then take your finger nail and use it to get your outline of the bowtie and then once you have that take your razor blade and just follow that outline and then pill tthe tape of the bowtie it self. and cover yup the front end of your car with newspaper or anything else, and get whatever color you want to paint it with and enjoy =] lol, the first coat make sure its really light and then just build it up, if you do that, the better it'll turn out, have fun, and post pictures when you get it done
, have fun, and post pictures when you get it done
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That looks awesome! So instead of taking the front bowtie off you just covered the hood around the area and spray painted? I am taking off the back bowtie completely, I just don't like the way it looks!
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LOL funny story.. I went to Lowes tonight to buy some glossy black paint for my bowtie. Found the 'perfect' spray paint.. said auto on the can, got home and did 2 full coats. Me being an idiot not realizing the cap showing the paint color was a metallic/gliterry black instead of a solid black; went ahead and painted anyway. (Also happened at around 9pm at night, so hard to see without a flashlight). So I rushed to Lowes again and got some solid black glossy paint.. I did 2 coats of that as well and now i'm just waiting for it to dry. I'll see the results in the morning and post pictures. I'm hoping it turns out okay...
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LOL funny story.. I went to Lowes tonight to buy some glossy black paint for my bowtie. Found the 'perfect' spray paint.. said auto on the can, got home and did 2 full coats. Me being an idiot not realizing the cap showing the paint color was a metallic/gliterry black instead of a solid black; went ahead and painted anyway. (Also happened at around 9pm at night, so hard to see without a flashlight). So I rushed to Lowes again and got some solid black glossy paint.. I did 2 coats of that as well and now i'm just waiting for it to dry. I'll see the results in the morning and post pictures. I'm hoping it turns out okay...
tomorrow def. take take some pictures of it and post them!!
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but yeah it should be ok though man. cant wait to see how it turned out for you, and you can still wash your car i've washed mine so many times since i did that so it should be ok to wash as well
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yeah, that does look really nice. I like the SS emblem on the grille! I took my back bowtie off and unfortunately scratched the paint once or twice.. I tried buffing them out but it didn't work out too well. I think I might end up putting an SS badge where the bowtie used to be? P.S. check my other thread for pics of the painted front bowtie.
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yeah, that does look really nice. I like the SS emblem on the grille! I took my back bowtie off and unfortunately scratched the paint once or twice.. I tried buffing them out but it didn't work out too well. I think I might end up putting an SS badge where the bowtie used to be? P.S. check my other thread for pics of the painted front bowtie.
