Painting Trunk Badges Body Color?
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Black Trunk Star
Hey guys, I want to replace my existing chrome trunk star with a black star,
I seen it on a NJ PLATE BLUE C230k COUPE with black tails.
any ideas? the good old ebay dont have it.
I seen it on a NJ PLATE BLUE C230k COUPE with black tails.
any ideas? the good old ebay dont have it.
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Originally Posted by advans
I seen it on a NJ PLATE BLUE C230k COUPE with black tails.
I'm guessing that you were talking about mine. As Bob said, I just painted it; it's held on at three points, so just put small pieces of heavy paper behind it. It hasn't held up well, though. I need to redo it at some point.
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yeah tommy it was ur car!?
i was searchin thru here and mbklasses' pic thread, i figured it was the smurfmobile.
well ebay has the "C32 ///AMG" in black chrome, but i want the star also..so I guess I'll get a chrome one, and buff the "chrome" out and prime, then body color. Hope it wont cost me a billion$ lol
thanks alot guys
i was searchin thru here and mbklasses' pic thread, i figured it was the smurfmobile.
well ebay has the "C32 ///AMG" in black chrome, but i want the star also..so I guess I'll get a chrome one, and buff the "chrome" out and prime, then body color. Hope it wont cost me a billion$ lol
thanks alot guys
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Originally Posted by advans
yeah tommy it was ur car!?
i was searchin thru here and mbklasses' pic thread, i figured it was the smurfmobile.
i was searchin thru here and mbklasses' pic thread, i figured it was the smurfmobile.
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Originally Posted by tommy
Yep, I got mad painting skillz!
heres the decision. I'm gonna buy a trunk star, and used c230 badge from someone, buff the chrome out, prime, and body paint with gloss lol....now heres the first step... gota buy the badges lol
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Painting Trunk Badges Body Color?
I've seen some black cars with the chrome badges painted black, and in the classifieds theres a blue coupe with the same thing. I already have my car debadged, so it'd be a little easier to paint, I guess. But, my main questions are:
1. Can you paint chrome badges silver? And will it look nice?
2. Should I do it myself with touch-up paint? Or have a body shop do it?
1. Can you paint chrome badges silver? And will it look nice?
2. Should I do it myself with touch-up paint? Or have a body shop do it?
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i was thinkin about paint my badges and all my chrome black i think it would look phat but i might just debadge just b/c its less work but i think if you were to spray all the chrome on your car black and even the badges black it would look phat too lowered on a set of dark wheels with a nice lip
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i was thinkin about paint my badges and all my chrome black i think it would look phat but i might just debadge just b/c its less work but i think if you were to spray all the chrome on your car black and even the badges black it would look phat too lowered on a set of dark wheels with a nice lip
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ay kev, I painted my badges 040 black! if you want to paint your badges, all you need is to buff out the chrome with a fine grain sand paper, atleast a 220+ i used a 400 grit. then prime coat it, with grey primer, then body paint. but again, it'd look tacky on a silver car tho IMO, it looks best, black painted badges on a black car
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ay kev, I painted my badges 040 black! if you want to paint your badges, all you need is to buff out the chrome with a fine grain sand paper, atleast a 220+ i used a 400 grit. then prime coat it, with grey primer, then body paint. but again, it'd look tacky on a silver car tho IMO, it looks best, black painted badges on a black car
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I've seen some black cars with the chrome badges painted black, and in the classifieds theres a blue coupe with the same thing. I already have my car debadged, so it'd be a little easier to paint, I guess. But, my main questions are:
1. Can you paint chrome badges silver? And will it look nice?
2. Should I do it myself with touch-up paint? Or have a body shop do it?
1. Can you paint chrome badges silver? And will it look nice?
2. Should I do it myself with touch-up paint? Or have a body shop do it?
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