carcrazyboy68

ok now that i have blacked out the headlights and tail lights on my car i want to black out the trim. how do i go about doing that?

LukeaTron

Most people have been using some sort of vinyl tape. I'm sure some one will be along to tell you where to get it and what not.

afici0nad0

i'd prefer to replace the trim pieces altogether, although, i've read that doing this process would be very expensive.

grenas17

Ive seen people who have used vibyl for it, and it doesnt look bad at all.

Personally, I would get the JDM trim because it has a little more gloss to it than vinyl, but at the same time, no one wants to pay for it.

DC_TSX

yeah, i've contemplated this myself. But at ~$450, you have to have some cash to burn to justify the investment in black vs. chrome. I still want to do this switch as it really changes the look of the car, but 450 can be more wisely spent on performance/suspension mods that net you much more fun factor.

carcrazyboy68

where can i get the stuff for it then? i dont want to fork out that much money for that.

lcrazyaznl

iTrader: (1)

You could cover up the car sand down the pieces and paint them.

bo0sty

http://www.rolandmedia.com/Avery_A6_...a6%2015x10.htm

afici0nad0

i wouldn't mind seeing a jdm-replica manufacturer come out with a full black out trim kit. certainly would mitigate the $450 USD hurt on the wallet.

bo0sty

i know, but i think installation and removal would still be a bitch. i heard the chrome breaks easily

idk how much oem chrome trim cost but if its reasonable maybe you could get that painted, easy replica

SirBLaughs

iTrader: (1)

The OEM trim is dumb-expensive... http://www.heeltoeauto.com/Honda-Gen...-pr-40010.html

I'm in no hurry to make my car look more Euro I'll wait at least a decade until they start to fade but even on my old CB7 Accord, the chrome trim held up pretty well

jlukja

j/k

carcrazyboy68

well i was thinking about getting a black metallic paint and painting the chrome and also my emblems. since i tinted the tail lights and head lights it jus doesnt look right.

lcrazyaznl

iTrader: (1)

I'm telling you guys you can really just cover up your car with alot of news paper and tape, then sand down the chrome and paint over it.

Nyc06tsx did it came out nice, he told me the process was a bit ridiculous since your covering up the whole car just to paint the trim heh.

LukeaTron

That's way too much work when the tape looks 90% as good.

What would be cool is if some one could come up with the right shapes required in a vector format file so people could just take that to any old vinyl graphics shop and have it cut from high quality vinyl. You'd have piece some of the bigger pieces like around the windows but good vinyl looks every bit as good as paint. If you're careful you can make the seams all but invisible too. It would definitely be the best bang for the buck way to do it.