cubswin
03-03-2007, 11:10 PM
Ok so I decided to finally do something besides my windows tinted and just add something small to the car. I looked at a DIY emblem painting thing. My car is bsp so i bought this duplicolor paint called black metallic or something (almost perfect with the car color for anyone who wants to try this). I was also gonna paint the insides of the letters white, but i could tape and cut them out and it looked bad so i forgot about that. Overall it looks great.I would recommend this to anyone who wants an easy DIY job. Try it!
cubswin
03-03-2007, 11:16 PM
Ill have them tomorow....its was dark by the time i finished. It's very easy to do, take off,sand,paint,and put it bakc on....takes a while if you mess up like me though :doh:
jsa3mm
03-03-2007, 11:22 PM
Awesome...awaiting pictures.
cubswin
03-04-2007, 02:41 PM
Well heres the emblem i did yesterday. In real life it dosent look like this. It actually sparkles or w/e like the car. All i had was a camera phone so thats why it looks like this.
http://img125.imageshack.us/my.php?image=emblemym0.png
jsa3mm
03-04-2007, 02:54 PM
For all us lazy people:
http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/6885/emblemym0.png
Not bad...it doesn't blend in with the grille too much?
cubswin
03-04-2007, 02:58 PM
No man in my opinion it looks great. I was gonna paint the big S white only too but it just looked out of place. Like i said if i couldve taped off the letters in the middle than it would have looked great but i love it. Also just a thought, the tape to put it back on had a red covering over it before you take it off....and an all red logo on a bsp tc might look cool? idk just a thought?
jsa3mm
03-04-2007, 03:13 PM
Only one way to find out. I say go for it. What's the worst that could happen? You'd have to paint it back to the color it is now.
cubswin
03-04-2007, 06:01 PM
So i found a few spots i missed on the emblem this morning and decided tot ake it out and try the whole s part white again. I reall hope it works out for me :pray: ....if i dont like it...back to all black
jonathan110987
03-04-2007, 06:24 PM
my emblem
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v233/jo_nathan110987/Photo-0066.jpg
on the car
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v233/jo_nathan110987/Photo-0081.jpg
cubswin
03-04-2007, 06:29 PM
How did you cut out those letters? Its so hard to do....i tried it a couple of times and eventually gave up.
jonathan110987
03-04-2007, 06:34 PM
i used model car paint and a thin paint brush.. then clearcoated teh whole thing a few times
_NeXuS_
03-04-2007, 07:55 PM
Yeah cutting the letters is so hard. Ill try with a think brush.
cubswin
03-04-2007, 11:31 PM
Ok so the repaint worked great.....after much stress. It looks better than yesterday....and i decided to go all blakc again. Good luck whoever tries this....its easy but frustrating.