subtle change

[adam]

with inspiration from phil and jim i've finally gotten around to this....



plus i decided to do this as well. i'm undecided about doing the "wing" bit as well..

[ultrablue]

i can't tell what you have done

[adam]

i can't tell what you have done

chrome strip underneath rear lights and grill surround... see, subtle.
it doesnt sound like much but the back of the car now looks completly different (to me )

[swingn]

It might be somewhat subtle, but it does make the car look a lot less busy

Good work Adam!!!

[tangcla]

Looks good. Works well on a black car.

[senator]

so did the wife notice it?:lol:

nice work Adam

[Jimmy S]

nice work... time2debadge?

What paint did you use and what prep did you do to the grill if any?

I wouldn't mind giving mine a coat of paint(probably the whole lot except the badge) while im waiting for my CF one to arrive!?

[adam]

thanks boys, i'm pretty happy with it... longevity remains to be seen though.
jimmy, i used this

after sanding it with some 450(?) grit after removing the silver bits from the lights/grill. grill will be obvious how when you look at the back of it. 4 screws and some little clips (gentlygently). then make sure you give it a good clean. i used windex and i'm sure that's not right but it's all i had on hand and it's my first time doing something like this so i'm allowed a few little mistakes.

having said that, if the paint even LOOKS like not sticking i'll strip the whole thing and use this

which i only found out about after i'd started.

a hint is to do many light coats, if you go too heavy just once you'll get pooling marks (like drips) and it'll just start to look cheap.
i did about 8-12 coats. it dries ready for another in about 10 minutes.

[libsti]

looks the goods adam,next step is to tint the brake lights???????

[Arith]

Looks good Adam! I was going to do up my old factory grill to black out the chrome surrounds as well. I like the single downward arrow. It looks quite elegant. Don't like the chrome surround though, so blacking out the surround would have been the way to go. Good work!

next step is to tint the brake lights???????

I was about to do a group buy on this. The tint comes in 2 shades. 50% and 35%. The one I have currently is 35%. Pretty dark IMO. I was thinking about ordering a batch of the 50%. Should be lighter, look cool and stealthy, and get rid of that horrible ultra red.

[GTSPECB STI]

Jim please do GB for this. Great results on the chrome and you have inspired and reminded me to get on this job.

[Fangin_RX]

It is sutble lol i didnt notice it till i read what you said you did to it. Looks good

[WhiteGTB]

Nice mate, I am sure you will get more followers

[birch_security]

Top notch on the work Adam. Looks good.

+1 for the darkening of tailights.

Alex

[Sentinel]

Looks good Adam! I was going to do up my old factory grill to black out the chrome surrounds as well. I like the single downward arrow. It looks quite elegant. Don't like the chrome surround though, so blacking out the surround would have been the way to go. Good work!

C'mon Jim - chrome surround can be made to look good! But I'm biased! haha!

next step is to tint the brake lights???????

I was about to do a group buy on this. The tint comes in 2 shades. 50% and 35%. The one I have currently is 35%. Pretty dark IMO. I was thinking about ordering a batch of the 50%. Should be lighter, look cool and stealthy, and get rid of that horrible ultra red.

Without hijacking - how hard would it be to apply this film the wagon lights given the shape?

Adam - I love the mods. I had to look two twice and then three times to see the changes. I like them a lot. Really suits the black. Well done!