Bigspider

Hey guys,
Thinking of blacking out the front grill and the chrome trim around the windows and back of trunk.

Can anyone whos done this please advise and or give tips on going about this? I assume they wrapped the chrome trim with a film, how much did it cost? Is it better to have a shop do it?

Thanks

Faris63

You can get this 3M Vinyl tape to do the window trim and front grill but the vinyl won't cover the star. its very easy to do it

DuaneC63

+1 to Faris. You can do most of it yourself. Have a shop do the star. They have bigger sheets of 3M vinyl. If you want the total murdered out black look, do the emblems with plastidip spray.

avery.whss

I have my grille blacked out...not the rest of the chrome (yet..still deciding) but in this picture you can't see the chrome and it kinda looks blacked out...mine is vinyl..I paid some professional company to do it, it was worth it.

julienkang

The chrome trim on the top of the windows is curved. For those who did it themselves, how did you manage to apply the tape to the curved trim? Blow dryer? How hard was it?

Also, which is the better tape, shadowline trim or the 3M tape posted above?

Thans

julienkang

BTW, Avery very nice grill. Looks sick

SurfSwitch

Had it professionally done:




Totally worth it to have it painted by a pro shop IMHO.

604 C63

Sorry for the crappy pic but its too late at night to be looking for better. Kinda partial to the 'floating star' myself. Just did the middle bars of the grill. Plastidip. Looks good, lasts real well.

cooperlee

Which front lip is that? I like the matte black look to match the bumper grills...

ddcha

thats likely the arkym lip

OlegKouz

All the chrome on my car is blacked out (plastidip) - it has been a few months and still looks good. Will probably redo it in a month or so.

Biganthony

I did the floating star with plasti dip as we'll....take the grill apart and take your time tho

Biganthony

Here is my plasti dip grill

avery.whss

I had mine done with Vinyl ...held up great so far..wasn't expensive either..I think <$200 to do all the emblems..grille and a few other things like the door handles..trim

rediesel

Has anyone done this with Carbon Fiber wrap? Is it too hard to match up the pattern?

rafiwadud

That is nice, did you glossify it? or just use regular flat black?

I want a gloss black grill to match my roof.

looking fresh though

ddcha

For those of you that just want to do the fins (floating look), they slide right off (slide away from the star). And you can take your time wrapping them in vinyl, which lasts and looks better than plastidip imo.

DuaneC63

Pop the trim complete off. It way easier work it on a flat surface. The 3M tape is wide enough to put it on flat then fold it over the edges and trim off the excess. Get a sowing needle to pop any bubbles and a credit card to smooth the surface out.

DuaneC63

Carbon fiber wrap is the space tape (anyone remember that from the 70's) of the new millennia. It looks funky and easy to tell its not real.