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Old 06-14-2014, 07:39 PM
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Question Painting Acura TL 3rd Gen Hood Lip
Hello this is my first post and I was wondering, is there a way to take of Acura TL front satin chrome hood lip. I Would love to black it out with plasti dip.

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Old 06-14-2014, 10:21 PM
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OP you mean the hood trim piece?


https://acurazine.com/forums/3g-tl-2004-2008-93/how-remove-hood-grill-trim-pics-764481/
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4 nuts from under the hood. They are 8mm. Takes all of 2 minutes to take them off
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If you're planning on plastidipping it you don't need to remove it. Just go to town and peel off the excess once its dried, it'll cut itself around the trim piece. Simple.
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True but its not hard to remove so might as well take it off n dip it.
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Thank you all for your help. But I have removed the rear emblem and plasti dipped it then I removed the lip above the license plate an did the same. Its Looks Sweet.

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i did mine on the car and it came out great
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Did mine as well...plastidipped then painted with a gloss charcoal gray to match my wheels and other trim.
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