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02-11-2013, 12:12 PM
#84
Hey so for you guys that have sanded it, how much glare do you get off the raw metal? Is there something you can put on it so that you don't get blinded every time the sun hits it?
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jblessing (02-11-2013)
05-03-2013, 09:42 PM
#89
Wow I was liking the brushed aluminum look! After you vinyled it, it sort of looked clean but "bleh". I'm eyeing some silver CF wrap right now but the one I see on Amazon is 24 x 48 inches for $15. It seems a bit more expensive than what cougtype_s bought his for -.-
05-04-2013, 04:36 AM
#91
Make it so
Honestly, that lighter-colored brushed aluminum look is STUNNING with a black interior like yours. The way it pops, it makes the interior look like something you'd see in a showroom for a '13 model car. That's saying something.
I *would* try it for myself, but the interior color for my 2004 NBP TL is the camel/tan color, and I'm worried it would look way too crazy with those colors to really look good.
This just validates my desire to buy a 2008 TL with a different interior color, even though everyone that rides in my TL loves the color combo and it's a rare combo for TL interiors anyway...
Decisions, decisions. Regardless, PROPS.
I *would* try it for myself, but the interior color for my 2004 NBP TL is the camel/tan color, and I'm worried it would look way too crazy with those colors to really look good.
This just validates my desire to buy a 2008 TL with a different interior color, even though everyone that rides in my TL loves the color combo and it's a rare combo for TL interiors anyway...
Decisions, decisions. Regardless, PROPS.
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ddaviglus (09-08-2014)
12-07-2014, 09:55 PM
#104
Nice work Rockstar! I am going to try that with mine pretty soon. I will add a few coats of polyurethane for protection though. Then, if the surface gets a little dinged you are just sanding the poly coat, not the metal. The fine sand lines should be good for adhesion.
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rockstar143 (12-08-2014)
02-07-2015, 05:52 PM
#107
Drifting
This Mothers Aluminum polish will take a smooth sanded aluminum all the way up to a high gloss , almost like chrome. But that gloss black looks good too, from a distance.
02-11-2015, 05:58 PM
#108
Good shit, Chad...yeah, I'd give that a whirl if I were still bare metal!
The gloss black looks awesome up close even, it's actually NBP professionally painted by member :wacker: I've had 2 chips on the grill in the 3 years since he did that for me and NONE on the interior.
The gloss black looks awesome up close even, it's actually NBP professionally painted by member :wacker: I've had 2 chips on the grill in the 3 years since he did that for me and NONE on the interior.
02-12-2015, 09:34 PM
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02-15-2015, 10:52 AM
#111
Racer
Wow I'm lucky this thread was revived. Those trim pieces have been bugging me for a while. I was thinking about wrapping them with brushed aluminum vinyl too. So what's everyone's opinion on this now? Simply sand them or paint them like Rockstar ended up doing?
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rockstar143 (12-01-2015)
04-08-2015, 02:49 PM
#114
Racer
Did anyone try the kits from exotic wood-trim?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/161095523827?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2648&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&autorefresh=true
http://www.ebay.com/itm/161095523827?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2648&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&autorefresh=true
07-27-2015, 04:21 PM
#116
Instructor
This issue is next up on the list for me. Was thinking of scraping off the rest of the original thin coating and then either repainting them or wrapping them with sort of a thin transparent (but tinted) vinyl. Goal is to restore the original color without covering the original texture/pattern (07 Type-S) seen on the metal.
Has anyone tried anything like this? Want to avoid creating a mismatch that requires me to have to re-do all of the trim pieces.
Has anyone tried anything like this? Want to avoid creating a mismatch that requires me to have to re-do all of the trim pieces.
08-25-2015, 10:43 AM
#117
I want to do all of the metal trim at the same time - not just the two center console pieces. Above, rockstar143 says how to remove the console trim, and I know the door cards have to come off for the door pieces...
...but how do you get off the two bits on the main dashboard? The little on on the drivers side and the big one crossing in from of the passenger?
...but how do you get off the two bits on the main dashboard? The little on on the drivers side and the big one crossing in from of the passenger?
09-02-2015, 08:48 AM
#119
Instructor
09-02-2015, 12:56 PM
#120
the design is very thin...do not sand it if you plan to keep it...
I wonder if just clearing over the top will disappear the discoloration.
The dash portions pop off with plastic retaining clips IIRC.
I wonder if just clearing over the top will disappear the discoloration.
The dash portions pop off with plastic retaining clips IIRC.