i got a little bored at woork being as we have not had work for two days now. so idecided to shave my scion logo off the hatch handle and replace it with a ghost logo. let me know if you all like it. i dunno if its been done or not, if it has i havnt seen it. but i think it looks neat.

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the rest are just a few pix of my tC since idont think i've posted after i put my lights/wheels on. let me know what you think!

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You already know that I like it.... Nice Wheels Too... LoL

Using good paint and doing the right kind of work on the interior pieces is something a lot of guys can learn from...

I'd definately share a little of your knowledge, as I'm sure a lot of the guys in here would love to learn how to do those interior pieces the right way, to get the best results...

Looks cool, but not something too many people would notice, but nice!

How did you remove the chrome from the interior center console? Looks very sharp, even the shifter looks like it belongs on a ultra-luxary sports car.

How did you remove the chrome from the interior center console? Looks very sharp, even the shifter looks like it belongs on a ultra-luxary sports car.it's not chrome, it's painted plastic

Please do a FAQ on painting the center console! I have several scratches on there when I did the blue light conversion... besides, my ex-gf didn't want me to do it because she liked the silver/aluminum color combo... since we broke up already, I am gonna paint it as I always wanted to... LOL

hahaha thanks tim!

and yeah it is just plastic, the whole interior comes out with like 4 screws i think. i dont remember it was a long time ago.

i just thought i'd try something new. and i think it worked. i dont have the cash to do any major changes at this moment in time so i figured i'd take my knowlege and do something small like my logo. it worked for me. i like it :-)

Do you have to sand it? What grit did you use if you did? How many layers(?) did you spray on? Is it just like how you paint the emblem? (adhesive promoter, color spray, then clear coat?)

Yea i like it, its something that makes you look twice when driving

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dude!.... is that FM paint that you put on your center console....

man! thats sweet! good job! :bow:

for the painted console...did u tape it off then spray it? or hand paint? im pretty set on thinkin u sprayed it...even coat...looks good, its something easy to do...but a lil time consuming...maybe...1 hour or two...gotta let the paint settle...n how many layers/thick...:P nice though!!!

i like it looks great

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damn dood you beat me too it lol.

looks good, im gettin mine done soon, but i think im gonna do the inside BSP and the outside FM

okay sorry it has taken me soo long to post this..i have been out and about all night. but in answer to your questions and comments.

I've painted my center consol, the pice above the gauges, all my vents, the small circle on the doorpanel and the pice that holds your window up down and lock unlock

the center consol is very easy to do. All i did was pull it out...run fine line tape down the lines and then masked off the rest of what i didnt want painted. i used 800 grit sand paper to just barley dull the serfice so the piant would stick. MAKE SURE YOU CLEAN THE SERFACE THAT YOUR PAINTING VERY VERY VERY GOOD. otherwise you will get craters and bumps and crap all over the place. then you have to re sand them down to make it flat again. any kind of plastic cleaner will work. you can pick it up at any autopaint store. just tell them what your doing and they will point you in the right direction. back to painting lol. just spray out the color..i only did 2 coats. and all i used was regular old car paint. sherwin williams :( only because thats waht my shop uses at this moment in time. clear it and your good to go. its really very very simple. if you have any more questions or anything of the sort feel free to pm me and i'll answer whatever i can. im looking forward to seeing others do this as well. it gives it a nice clean look on the inside because that silver on silver just bugged the heck out of me!!

if anybody has anymore ideas of things to paint..let me know and i'll try it out and post pix.

is that a short throw shifter you got there or is it just the shift knob and the angle of the picture that makes it look a lot shorter?

how did you paint your vents though? What about the center vents? old car paint?? I wanted gun metal or the color that you have on your car, but I have never found any from dupli color... anyone knows where to get those?

well okay not all my vents..i painted the ones on the outside.. and then the small circle ones...are those the vents you mean?

if it is all you do is pull them off, because they just pop out, and then scuff them up with some 800 or like a superfine pad, hell even a red scotch brite will work. and then either paint them yourself or take them to your local bodyshop and have them spray it.

and yes its a short throw shifter...TWMs short throw with their weighted shift knob. only got it weighted cuz ilike the look haha

gosh im tired of editing this..haha. okay so i just mixed up the same exact paint i would if i was to paint my bumper. so unless you ahve access to a bodyshop, i doubt you can get the FM color. you will probalby end up having to pay a lil bit to have a bodyshop spray it. it woudl only take them like an hour and half start to finish. might cost you 54 bucks or whatever their hourly is for paint time.

i like your rims and the look of your interior. but, your shaved logo look appears to me that some punk stole your emblem and make a medallion out of it. Viva la benz! The ghosted area looks like where the paint lost color. Well, that's my opinion.

^^ I have to agree the shaved emblem looks like a sticker that was on to long and faded your paint. I like the color you chose for your interior though.

can tht fade be taken off with some goo gone or sometin? also, console is sweet, im jackin tht look for my fm haha

It looks like faded tan lines. I'm not not "lovin' it".

I like your Konig Unknowns they look good on your car

yeah the "fade" was suposed to be a "ghost emblem" wich only shows up when sunlight hits it, and even then is only noticable to someone who knows what to look for. but we just got new pearls at work, and we've never used em to do a ghost image and it came out WAY too bright. it was alot brighter but i sprayed a mist coat of FM over the logo so it toned it down a little but. im probably going to end up redoing it and seeing if i can get it down to more of a "ghost" than anything else, and if it still looks kinda weird..i'll just get rid of it lol. Thanks for all your input guys, if you can think of anything else to paint/shave besides my door handles and antenna. (im in the process of deciding if i want to do those or not) shout it out and i'll more than likley give it a try.

nice paint job man.

is that the rs1 grille or the ebay grille from figurellc?

is that the rs1 grille or the ebay grille from figurellc?

I was just going to ask that, It looks like a rs 1 grille to me..

It's the ebay grill I believe.... and remember guys...

In order to do this right, really look into a HPLV setup and get a good mixed paint and hardner, plus a nice clear... That will yield this kind of result.

yeah the "fade" was suposed to be a "ghost emblem" wich only shows up when sunlight hits it, and even then is only noticable to someone who knows what to look for. but we just got new pearls at work, and we've never used em to do a ghost image and it came out WAY too bright. it was alot brighter but i sprayed a mist coat of FM over the logo so it toned it down a little but. im probably going to end up redoing it and seeing if i can get it down to more of a "ghost" than anything else, and if it still looks kinda weird..i'll just get rid of it lol. Thanks for all your input guys, if you can think of anything else to paint/shave besides my door handles and antenna. (im in the process of deciding if i want to do those or not) shout it out and i'll more than likley give it a try.

well, maybe if you enlarged or offset the logo or something, different from how the position is, it wouldn't look like an emblem that fell off.

tim is correct, its from the wonderful world of ebay! then i just mixed up some black paint(same black that would be on most black cars) and sprayed it on, couple coats of clear and thats about it.

i like the sheaved logo but i'd like it more w/out the ghost emblem, i really like the interior

kudos on the awesome console...i'm not too found of the unknowns but its still tasteful

Yeah... Unknowns SUCK! LoL...

Yours and Mine... and they look fricken awesome going down the road...

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i dont real like it.just shaved yeah, but w/ the 'ghost logo' it looks like ur paint is just faded or something

woah, nice grille. Me buying.

what size rime are they? 18'? and springs?

His are 19x8 with 215/35s (Bottom), mine are 19x8 with 235/35 (Top) (Yes, we have the same wheels)

Mine tuck a little more as a result of not stretching them and getting more height out of them...

I run the TRD's

i really wish i understood what the diff is between 215/35's and 235/35

i hate being a newb with cars haha

dont quote me on this..but i believe its the width. mine are 215 and they are stretched on the rims(i bought them from a guy who had alreaday done it) so it makes them have a thinner sidewall. tims are 235's wich are the proper width wheel that should be on our rims. im probably going to go with a 225 because im not a fan of the tucked wheel look. i like minimal gap but no overlap. hope that helps, someone correct me if im wrong.

How do you get the rear logo off exactly?

if you flip that little plastic peice around under the shift knob it looks alot better. looks like it was made for it.

Looks damn good...I like the center consule; it looks sharp!