View Poll Results: Which is the best look for a starfire white (with rear plasti-dipped emblems)
White vinyl grille (not matched perfectly) and plasti-dipped emblem
2
11.76%
Plasti-dipped grille and chrome emblem
7
41.18%
Plasti-dipped grille and plasti-dipped emblem
6
35.29%
Stock grille and plasti-dipped emblem
2
11.76%
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Best grille mod
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Lead Lap
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From: FL- Miami
Best grille mod
Plast-dipped (09+)
White vinyl (slightly mismatched)
I currently have the vinyl on now...in direct light, it is noticeably mismatched at close distances
White vinyl (slightly mismatched)
I currently have the vinyl on now...in direct light, it is noticeably mismatched at close distances
Last edited by ThermonMer; Feb 7, 2011 at 02:24 PM.
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best stock grill mod on a SP car, honestly??? no plasti dip for one, paint the stock grill gloss black and leave the L chrome, put it back on the car and go from there to see if you want to paint the the trim...
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3M makes a higher quality dry carbon fibre vinyl. Not the stuff from pep boys. It's not real CF, but it looks pretty slick when done well. I can't remember who it was, but they did their whole car in this stuff lol. Give me 10, I'll go take a pic for you.
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Lead Lap
Joined: Dec 2010
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From: FL- Miami
chrome
vinyl
the vinyl is a bluish hued gloss white. color to color, it kind of matches...but in direct sunlight, it looks a bit off bc the vinyl is gloss and the paint is metallic flake...almost as if someone forgot to put the last coat of metallic flake on the grille. it is only noticeable on the upper-corner flares of the grille where it meets the bumper flush. otherwise, the rest of the 09+ grille surround has so many angles and contortions that the mismatch is not noticeable. so if you are looking for imperfections in the matching, you would immediately draw attention to the two off-colored "V"s on the upper sides of the grille.
(do a comparo to the pic above and below, and youll see what i mean)
vinyl
the vinyl is a bluish hued gloss white. color to color, it kind of matches...but in direct sunlight, it looks a bit off bc the vinyl is gloss and the paint is metallic flake...almost as if someone forgot to put the last coat of metallic flake on the grille. it is only noticeable on the upper-corner flares of the grille where it meets the bumper flush. otherwise, the rest of the 09+ grille surround has so many angles and contortions that the mismatch is not noticeable. so if you are looking for imperfections in the matching, you would immediately draw attention to the two off-colored "V"s on the upper sides of the grille.
(do a comparo to the pic above and below, and youll see what i mean)
Last edited by ThermonMer; Feb 7, 2011 at 08:51 PM.
I'd say "color matched" bezel.
Look at this beauty:
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/4490736-post34.html
HKS350's old setup.
Look at this beauty:
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/4490736-post34.html
HKS350's old setup.
