and this wouldn't look good on a WDP why?

 

who said it wouldnt?

 

very nice work, tripnbeats. love the interior! what did you use?

I really like that silver with gunmetal. you should def. go to the Yonkers meet.

 

Tripnbeats, strong work on the tails. They look really good on your car. The interior looks really nice too. The last pic is money!

 

Nice work and the interior is awesome. The lights look good.

 

feelin the interior is that suede you used.

 

yea everything is suede. Im getting the front seats done next week the holiday season threw everything out of wack.

 

Tripnbeats that is SO tight. if you ever sell those RJ wheels, lemme know!!

 

Oh shit! All suede interior? It must not be any kids getting in and out of that car! Or people who smoke or have smoke on their clothes! In other words - it must be like my car (no passengers on da regulah!) Pimp mobile fa sho! I hope it stays looking good long enough for you to get your money's worth out of it! Good work Trippin'!! Unique bruh!!

PS: Your car is all SSM like mine is all NBP!

 

 

Tripnbeats, that looks nice on your car and the suede is sick

 

Hey, has anyone ever tried painting the rear center piece (with the license plate and reverse lights) to match the car? I'm debating making a reverse light in the tail light and painting that piece to match the car...

 

I was going to do that but my body guy said that the plastic would be ruined under the paint and it wouldnt come out nice. plus theres strobes in my reverse lights

 

tripnbeats, where did u get the interior work done?

Im getting some custom seat upholstery @ AutoMat on Long Island. one of the east coast's BIGGEST interior specialist... getting my price quotes next week..

 

well once you paint something, you shouldn't be going back to clear... I dunno why he thought it wouldn't com out nice? Has no one done this? I need a photoshop wizard...

 

he didnt mean it like going back to clear he meant it as that specific plastic isnt meant to mesh well with the paint. maybe the chemical reaction....I dunno I use spies n hecker paint on my car maybe it makes a difference...maybe not

 

I did the whole interior myself. My shop is in queens its called MCCoys Auto Tops and Upholstery......"if the other place cant do it.... its usually sent to us"

 

That's not right
You can easily paint the plastic framing. The material is no different than that used in the headlights, which many have painted. Jut a little roughing up, followed by primer, then paint.

I'm not sure how good it would look colormatched though...

 

no the plastic used on the headlights and the plastic used on that are totally different. every bit of plastic on the car has different compounds used when molded. Ive already looked into it...because I was skeptical myself. any piece of plastic u peel off the car has abbreviations for the chemicals they used to make it.

 

Hmm... I've taken one apart and inspected myself. It was no different than the "chromed" portion of the headlight bezel FWIW.

I have no doubt it could be painted, in fact, I could have swore there was a guy here who painted them WDP last year...

 

I would never even consider painting mine, I love the contrast on the NBP.

The SSM has a nice flow with this as well.

 

yes ur right kennedy the chromed portion of the reverse lights is the same as the chromed portion on the inside of the headlight but the actual "fascia" of the rear bezel is not the same remember its not one piece its multiple pieces put together. theres at least 3 different types of plastic making that one mold

 

I would never do it either. I think it would look gawdy. like "dont you have enough silver on ur car?" silver of course being my car.

 

ACCRUATEin painted his license plate area and hasn't had any problems with it. It can be painted.

Tripnbeats - tails look great, as does the car overall.

 

thanks..... I doubt there would be any problems with it....but then again i dont know i dont paint.

 

Excuse me...are you new here? Welcome to the forum. Could you post pics please?

 

^^^Do a search, noob! There are plenty of pics of his car posted here.

EDIT: I forgot, you are a little advanced in age...maybe you need some assistance...

 

yea i can see y he did it but i wouldnt go for it if I wasnt painting it another color. DUDE wheres the second pipe? or he did 1 for more back pressure?

 

"Dude!"

Hahaha...where you been hiding man?

 

On vacation for a couple of weeks.

As for painting the center section, I've contemplated it, along with removing the trim...maybe one day. This might be one of those things that looks better on certain colors as opposed to others.

 

The centerpiece is good for contrast back there. Eric used a different color so it was cool, but if you paint it body color that would look gross on WDP! Not that I'm biased...

 

I think it might look nice! has anyone done it that doesn't have a two toned car?

 

um. ililililililil did the metal piece over the plate too i believe

 

I'm in the process of doing this...cut open one tail light already. Hope to get it done soon.

 

much luck bro and dont PULL HARD! be gentle =)

 

Tripnbeats - What did you do to take into consideration the thickness of the cutting wheel when mating up the parts? Cut one with more trim or gap the two parts with something/epoxy a few spots to hold/then fill in the rest of the gap?

 

I used the Plastic epoxy tube from Home Depot. Its made for plastic and sets in 7 minutes.

Hey tripnbeats, since you also did these already, do you think its necessary to use epoxy? If you were to just seal it with sealant and then put the two screws in, I think it would hold perfectly.

 

Bumpin - for some SSM lovin (and to remind me of this thread so I can have something to do this spring)

 

ahhhhh lol thats a secret....but ill give it away.... what happens is this..... the inside gunmetal chrome piece has 2 screws in it from behind if u look you'll see it one is in the signal reflector one is under the LED board. if you cut correctly which i recommend practicing on the red ones first to see where u cut theres a line that shows the division of the lens n the plastic parts on the inside..... you have to cut a lil in over that line towards the lens. now when u piece it all back together make sure everything is clipped in correctly and that its all wiped clean put it back in the lens and when your ready to put the back part back on make sure u got the 2 screws handy and screw them down tightly at that point the gap appears and you cant separate the pieces anymore i plastic welded and then siliconed the shit out of them. the day after the silicon was dry.... I went to the craziest hand car wash around my house and had no condensation problems. hope that helps wish i had pics but i guess next set i do Ill have to take pics. i dont like epoxy on certain things because on smooth surfaces it doesnt catch that well

 

oh shit one more thing.....when u take them apart dont try to pull the inside piece from the sharp corner pull up and flex the pieces gently from the edge that the trunk closes on if they dont come up easily or semi-easily.... check the corners theres tabs that have to be cut off. lil by lil you'll see how it all comes apart each lens took about 3-5 hours to do because im a perfectionist with things...if it woulda come out like shit with the slightest spec of dust or plastic it would been in the trash.