De-blingafied grill
07-05-2006, 03:47 PM
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De-blingafied grill
I've developed an OCD hatred of chrome. Went all black metallic on my grills *** and did my window trims and rear plate holder too. Only think left is the rear trunk emblem but I'll be damned if I can figure out how to pull it. Needlenose pliers wont fit in there. Anyone ever pull that emblem (Josh, I know you did?)
07-05-2006, 04:04 PM
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The guy who normally does my paintwork mixed me up some black with very subdued chrome flake and I shot it with my gun, then 2 coats of clearcoat with flex added.
07-05-2006, 06:19 PM
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Illinesssst Thrillinessssst 
Not to feed your OCD - but...
How about the chrome along the top edge of your door pulls - a little brilliant silver paint shot might compliment the monochrome/no-chrome look, and
Gunmetal powdercoat your exhaust tips (even though I don't remember if they're even chromed out or not...)
Next you'll be joining the black-rim club.
Your ride is sharp man.
Not to feed your OCD - but...
How about the chrome along the top edge of your door pulls - a little brilliant silver paint shot might compliment the monochrome/no-chrome look, and
Gunmetal powdercoat your exhaust tips (even though I don't remember if they're even chromed out or not...)
Next you'll be joining the black-rim club.
Your ride is sharp man.
07-05-2006, 06:49 PM
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Originally Posted by lowphat
Illinesssst Thrillinessssst
Not to feed your OCD - but...
How about the chrome along the top edge of your door pulls - a little brilliant silver paint shot might compliment the monochrome/no-chrome look, and
Gunmetal powdercoat your exhaust tips (even though I don't remember if they're even chromed out or not...)
Next you'll be joining the black-rim club.
Your ride is sharp man.
Not to feed your OCD - but...
How about the chrome along the top edge of your door pulls - a little brilliant silver paint shot might compliment the monochrome/no-chrome look, and
Gunmetal powdercoat your exhaust tips (even though I don't remember if they're even chromed out or not...)
Next you'll be joining the black-rim club.
Your ride is sharp man.
Quite frankly, compared to your ride, I might as well be driving a Toyota Tercel.
Last edited by ThrillKill; 07-05-2006 at 09:57 PM.
07-06-2006, 07:33 AM
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[QUOTE=ThrillKill]Needlenose pliers wont fit in there. Anyone ever pull that emblem (Josh, I know you did?)
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I had to replace my rear trunk emblem one day cause it broke and when I bought a new one, i saw that it was basically mounted on the car by three little stubby things which you basically push into three tight fittin holes which keep the emblem in place... I believe if you take out your grey matting from the interior side of the trunk lid, it will expose those three holes and u should be able to push the trunk emblem out from the inside part of the trunk (using a pen or something round) without fear of damaging the paint on the trunk's exterior.
Good luck and hopefully I make sense.
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I had to replace my rear trunk emblem one day cause it broke and when I bought a new one, i saw that it was basically mounted on the car by three little stubby things which you basically push into three tight fittin holes which keep the emblem in place... I believe if you take out your grey matting from the interior side of the trunk lid, it will expose those three holes and u should be able to push the trunk emblem out from the inside part of the trunk (using a pen or something round) without fear of damaging the paint on the trunk's exterior.
Good luck and hopefully I make sense.
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07-06-2006, 08:01 AM
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Yeah, it makes sense because I was already in there, just couldn't figure a way to pull the little bugger, thanks.
Originally Posted by ThrillKill
Needlenose pliers wont fit in there. Anyone ever pull that emblem (Josh, I know you did?)
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I had to replace my rear trunk emblem one day cause it broke and when I bought a new one, i saw that it was basically mounted on the car by three little stubby things which you basically push into three tight fittin holes which keep the emblem in place... I believe if you take out your grey matting from the interior side of the trunk lid, it will expose those three holes and u should be able to push the trunk emblem out from the inside part of the trunk (using a pen or something round) without fear of damaging the paint on the trunk's exterior.
Good luck and hopefully I make sense.
QUOTE]
I had to replace my rear trunk emblem one day cause it broke and when I bought a new one, i saw that it was basically mounted on the car by three little stubby things which you basically push into three tight fittin holes which keep the emblem in place... I believe if you take out your grey matting from the interior side of the trunk lid, it will expose those three holes and u should be able to push the trunk emblem out from the inside part of the trunk (using a pen or something round) without fear of damaging the paint on the trunk's exterior.
Good luck and hopefully I make sense.
Yeah, it makes sense because I was already in there, just couldn't figure a way to pull the little bugger, thanks.
07-06-2006, 05:44 PM
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Looking good TK, But let me ask you what is the silver thing on the side mirrors? Did you paint them? (Inside the mirror)
07-06-2006, 06:03 PM
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Looks clean....I wanted to have my window trim retouched/replaced? Is this something I can do or should I trust this to a paint shop?? With me---probably the paint shop!
07-07-2006, 12:18 AM
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I pulled out the rear emblem once, but it broke haha. You gotta be real careful. It has three prongs that stick into the truck. I would suggest some kind of string technique...pull evenly from each of the three points.
07-07-2006, 09:46 AM
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I'm pretty sure the emblem is designed to never be pulled. I don't see how you can get it off without breaking it. A new one costs $19 at the dealer. Just get a new one and pry the old one out with a razer blade. Thats what I did.
07-07-2006, 11:09 AM
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Originally Posted by CLK430girl
Looks clean....I wanted to have my window trim retouched/replaced? Is this something I can do or should I trust this to a paint shop?? With me---probably the paint shop!
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07-07-2006, 04:54 PM
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looks good homeslice, youve come a long way. i remember when you first got your whip and you were asking about some part or something and i told you straight up that **** was whack over on benzworld, i forget, what was it? chrome tail light trim pieces?
07-07-2006, 06:26 PM
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Originally Posted by BklynBenz
looks good homeslice, youve come a long way. i remember when you first got your whip and you were asking about some part or something and i told you straight up that **** was whack over on benzworld, i forget, what was it? chrome tail light trim pieces?
I remember when I was looking for new wheels for under 400 dollars
07-08-2006, 10:49 PM
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Originally Posted by acb3nz
Looking good TK, But let me ask you what is the silver thing on the side mirrors? Did you paint them? (Inside the mirror)
07-12-2006, 09:04 AM
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Originally Posted by rolling430
what color are your wheels, r they chrome?? hehe
Polished. Still not ready to take that leap into black wheels yet.
07-12-2006, 09:57 AM
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Originally Posted by ThrillKill
Yeah, 26" with spinners....http://www.eastcoastryders.com/... Polished. Still not ready to take that leap into black wheels yet.
Polished. Still not ready to take that leap into black wheels yet.Man o Man, you can buy "whips" here. That's it, I'm out of the forum
and I'm getting my new whip from there.... fovos, Vogues, elbows and ALLL... Thrillkill, wanna join me for the Hydraulic competition later?
07-13-2006, 01:38 PM
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i dunno about that de-blingafied star... the rest looks sick but when i lok at the front end shot I can't help but think.... Star wars x-wing fighter, i dunno. 
07-13-2006, 03:40 PM
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Originally Posted by rubberninja
i dunno about that de-blingafied star... the rest looks sick but when i lok at the front end shot I can't help but think.... Star wars x-wing fighter, i dunno.
