First try Plastidipping grill - Yay or Nay?

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Old 04-17-2012, 01:15 PM
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First try Plastidipping grill - Yay or Nay?

First try with plasti-dip. Love the results, tell me what you think.







Still need to paint the top trim piece. Will do it tonight.


Should I leave the circle around the -->(A)<-- chrome and keep the A itself black?

Or should I remove the black rubber inside the A?

I didnt paint the grey trim within the grill. It gives it nice contrast, and compliments the anthracite color of my car.

Tell me what you guys think

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Old 04-17-2012, 01:19 PM
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Looks good but I'd keep the A shiny as well as it's ring.
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not bad, i'd leave the entire Acura symbol chrome though.

the original grey plastic matches the anthracite pretty well. I blacked out the grey plastic in the grille too.
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i would leave the A and ring chrome
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the wheels are a bit much. take off the plastidipp from the wheels.
Old 04-17-2012, 06:50 PM
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came out nice kid. 1+about the wheels
Old 04-17-2012, 08:16 PM
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I like the wheels, 'cept you missed a spot (the center cap!!!) lol

+1 on leaving the ring and the "A" chrome. I'd dip that lip too above the emblem. The A and the ring just pop and it would look sweet.

Oh and don't forget to plastidip the windows. No one can ever se in...the rest is de minimus.
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Take it off of the emblem.
Old 04-17-2012, 08:55 PM
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Wheels arent plastidipped. Theyre spray painted with Duplicolor HWP 104 satin black high performance wheel paint and a couple coats of clear. Turned out pretty nice with my low budget.

I will remove the rubber from the A, thnx for the input every1. I will snap a picture of the finished product in a couple of hours.
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Hmm.. Not really digging blacked out grills on TLs that aren't nighthawk black... Especially when done with plasti-dip because it looks flat black rather than glossy black. Even than, glossy black would look a little off on a non-black TL.

But since you already did it, I agree with others. Take off the plasti dip from the A.... For another driver in the distance driving towards you all they will see is a "O" on your front grill.... Looks dumb.

The wheels look ok... I prefer stock color over those. However, I do like your custom bumper plugs
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Stock color wheelz for the winn!
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Man i did the same thing with my front emblem, also the same look on the centercaps too. And I see everyone is hatin' on them

did you remove the dip on the front emblem OP?
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Finished 30 minutes ago. Hard to see because of the lighting and my terrible cell phone quality.



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That looks much better.
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^^^ +1
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That looks good.
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