ttk5

GREAT Work! loves the creativity and originality!!!

ssjoeboe9

No updates. Just wanted to say that it's my birthday!

opboarding

Happy birthday, chumbawamba!

savclaude

HBD Joe

swoosh

iTrader: (5)

Happy Budday bruh

ttk5

Hope your have a great birthday wit your ride man!

ssjoeboe9

I was actually surprised that the plastidip protected the paint as well as it did. This is after nearly 2 years. Too bad the paint was bubbling already. I've mostly stripped it down to the base. It's actually a nice glossy black underneath. Thinking maybe Ill paint match the smiley face part... or maybe the whole grille. What are your general opinions?

iCrap

Paint match or vinyl the smiley part to body color.

BaoZZeR

get the cheap aftermarket euro grille on ebay and let us know the fitment lol

ssjoeboe9

I already bought another grille

But I figured I would wait until I can get one of my designs machined before I take pictures and post here. I still wanted to get the OEM grille fixed up since it was in poor condition with the bubbly part though.

BaoZZeR

Didn't i already tell you you could replace that under the warranty? Oh well im sure its too late now lol

ssjoeboe9

Yeah I already checked on it. I've already surpassed warranty by a long shot. And my extended warranty wouldn't cover that either. I couldn't even get them to pull out the factory curtecy bulbs that fell in the door without them charging me. My dealer kinda sucks.

opboarding

I redid my grille this weekend. Peeling off clear coated plastidip is a nightmare. I gloss black vinyled it and it was really difficult. Did you do the CF wrap yourself?

ssjoeboe9

Yeah I wrapped it myself... It took me about 3 hours. It was difficult to cut out the emblem. And in the FL sun you can see that the vinyl just split around the the edges. Still doesn't look too bad though. I had planned to wrap the smiley face part too but I said forget it and just used plastidip instead haha

iCrap

Oh yeah clear coating PD is a very bad idea.... i tried that on my decklid spoiler. Bad idea.

vinyl wrapping is pretty difficult and time consuming but with a real heatgun it's much easier.

wrapping the smiley is a PITA. I had to disassemble the whole grille to do it properly. probably around 5hrs to take everything apart and do it.

opboarding

Yeah I spent probably around 6 hours this weekend peeling/wrapping. It turned out great minus a few small creases. I completely dissembled the grille.

ssjoeboe9

I need to re-wrap my door pillars. the passenger side got a wrinkle :/

And Ive realized why our door pillars start to look so shitty. It's our hands. You can clearly see the vinyl fading where the door is opened and closed. My rear pillars still look shiny and black since I wrapped them but the driver side and passenger is starting to fade.

iCrap

Nice. Did you post any final pics anywhere?

opboarding

I have before pictures but I forgot to take after ones. I'll try to take some today, but they will be crappy since it gets dark so early.

BaoZZeR

Using a heat gun is loads easier than using a hair dryer from my short experience with vinyl wrapping. And take off the door panels yourself its easier than taking off the grille..

ssjoeboe9

So you can help get my bulbs out of my door?!

iCrap

They fell inside the door?

There are clips on the bottom of the panel... pull straight out and it just pops off.

savclaude

color match the whole thing with the body color gets my vote all day, not the mesh of course

ssjoeboe9

Wanna show me? I tried and got scared haha. I bought LED's and never got to use them cause the light fell inside haha

Should I scrape the rest of it off or just give it to you as is?

iCrap

You don't even need to take the whole panel off. start middle bottom of the panel... grab and pull directly forward. That should be enough to get your hand in from the side and put the light back in.

BaoZZeR

Though this is true in some cases, I've dealt with a door panel where instead of pulling straight out, you have to push up. But the 2 Honda door handles I repaired was pretty much yank the bottom panel off and lift the top panel after removing that 1 screw.

Don't you have the mechanics manual? lol Stop being a little bitch and "hulk that shit" - Ssjoeboe9

iCrap

^^ Well on the TSX panel you still have to push up if you want to get the whole thing off.
But if you just want to get to the light you only need to get the bottom part off. He may also have to unscrew the three screws. (i needed to unscrew only one under the handle).

ssjoeboe9

Seee now I woulda yanked my door panel off not knowing there was screw to loosen haha.

But for realz... iCrap, just make a DIY and then post it!


@Bao... I LOL'd at the last quote haha. Maybe I should take a look at the manual

iCrap

a shitty paint edit but it works.

the circles are where there are screws and the bottom is the clips. you gotta take out the window switches too. there is a little notch you will see where to pry up.

next time i take off my door i'll take some pics lol.

ssjoeboe9

Thanks! I can't believe my dealer wanted to charge me for that. A-HOLES!

BaoZZeR

I can't believe you even asked them for that

ssjoeboe9

Had to change the transmission fluid anyways.. why not ask?

iCrap

How much were they going to charge?

PyroDave

hey ghey boy, go check your facebook messages. i sent you instructions on how to jerk off your door panel

BaoZZeR

I can't believe you paid someone to change your transmission fluid. its 1 extra step from changing oil: Jack up the rears too.

savclaude

[Should I scrape the rest of it off or just give it to you as is?[/QUOTE]
I can deal with it as is but you wouldn't get it back anytime soon cause I'm real busy.

ssjoeboe9

Well I have a new grille already installed, but I just wanted to get the oem one all nice for when/ if I wanted to switch things up. I wouldn't need it back in a hurry, just gotta figure out if it's worth it to drive down there or ship it.

iCrap

What grille do you have in now?

ssjoeboe9

I didn't wanna post a picture because it's only temporary until I can get one of my parts machined and installed.... But maybe I'll post a pic if y'all aren't too critical of it yet.

iCrap

Yeah, post a pic.