Knightmare69

Ok, so I finally got off my *** and hosted these camera pics, sorry but I don't carry a regular camera around with me all the time and usually when I can work on the car is spur of the moment when I actually find spare time to do so.

So here we go:

Mask off the emblems the right way (more on this later)





Now mask off the rest of the car to prevent stray paint



Now I decided to use a scuff pad to just help with adhesiveness but depending on which paint you use then you might not need to as paints today have come a long way. Also, CLEAN the surface area regardless if you scuff the emblems or not.

Now to paint, light coats, don't worry if you don't get everything on a pass, you'll get it on the next pass. And make sure to let it DRY between coats.






Eventually you'll have covered the emblems completely (I did my trunk handle as well as the lower bumper chrome at the same time) Now walk away and give it at least an hour to set in more. You should in the end up with this





Now remember I stated mask the emblems the RIGHT way? I learned the hard way what that is. This is a pic of how NOT to do it. What I did here thinking was a good method was to lay the tape over the emblems and then cut it to shape.



I thought that this would create the most seal against the body to prevent unwanted spray. I was WRONG. What happened was that the paint stuck to tape so that when I peeled it off I ended up with this FML.





So there you have it, learn from my mistake and happy modding. Btw, I did it this way cuz I shopped around for quotes for wrapping including shipping material from one of our vendors, in the end the cost just didn't cut it for me. However, I think with the window trim I will have no choice but to wrap that's just too much to deal with.

popp

next time use Plastidip....... I did my foglight trim and rear emblem using it. Great stuff

http://www.clublexus.com/forums/is-s...-required.html

xXHotelCrazyXx

yes, plasti dip and you dont even have to use all the tape and newspaper...

Knightmare69

I'm not sure if you guys noticed, I'm in Hong Kong. Plastidip is not readily available here.

dgghostkilla

i took off the letters in the back yesterday, I like it better now.

dgghostkilla

st2288

wont it be easy to vinyl wrap? I did it to mine.
Knight... I am from HK originally too...

st2288

some pic

https://mbworld.org/forums/c-class-w...me-my-mod.html

Knightmare69

I'm sure it wouldn't be hard but prices have gone up quite a bit and frankly I'd rather save that money and spend it elsewhere, Inflations a killer.

ricky1329

Nowadays, 28car in HK have Plasti Dip available.

LandSeaAir

It's a shame you can't get plasti-dip, that stuff is perfect for the job. I removed my Mercedes emblem and the chrome strip to paint them, you have to drop the trunk liner to do that. The letters though, I just masked a square around them, sprayed the plasti-dip and once it was dried peeled the plasti-dip, it worked perfect, it stayed on the letters but came off the paint. I imagine it took a long time to mask those letters though.

05 MB Komp

I bought a new set and painted them off the car. Then I removed one letter at a time and replaced so the spacing was correct.

LandSeaAir

One at a time is a very good idea, otherwise its so hard to get right, and nothing bothers me more than crooked emblems.

K3NnYDRuM

i used "Paint for Plastic" spray and the advertisement holds true.

chewychiu

Werd, me too!

cavisboung

I'm not sure if you guys noticed