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Old Mar 21, 2011 | 11:53 AM
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Is this possible?

I want to de-plastidip my front emblem, and white vinyl wrap it the same as my grille.

Is an emblem too flimsy to wrap?
Could you reheat the existing glue with a heatgun for reuse?

Also, i think im going to put white vinyl over my yellow vinyl fog covers, with a circle cut-out. opinions? it would basically look like a white fog light with a yellow circle.
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Old Mar 21, 2011 | 12:40 PM
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quick Paint job....this is before i wrapped my grille surround. ...this is what i meant with the fogs, a white vinyl outline over the yellow aerotect overlays.



maybe if i double up on the white vinyl for the fogs, i could make it opaque enough the the light would only transmit through the circular cut-out.
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Old Mar 21, 2011 | 12:42 PM
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you can wrap it but its going to be a pita to do. imo id leave it chrome if your going to go back.
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Old Mar 21, 2011 | 12:44 PM
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well, im going to give it a shot. i could always go back and plasti-dip it, no problem.

what do you guys think about the fog mod?
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Old Mar 21, 2011 | 12:47 PM
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this is the vinyl im working with...oracal.

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Old Mar 21, 2011 | 12:57 PM
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white emblem


current yellow overlays




yellow overlays with white vinyl outline
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Old Mar 21, 2011 | 01:01 PM
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i personally would leave the fogs the way they are but the white probably wouldnt look too bad either
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Old Mar 21, 2011 | 01:21 PM
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theres always the possibility of painting the fog housing black...keep my yellow fog bulbs, and ditch the fog vinyl. that way, ill have a legit black and white setup.

is there any possible way i could unbolt and remove the entire fog housing through the wheel well????
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Old Mar 21, 2011 | 02:23 PM
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What about white Plastidip?

http://www.amazon.com/PLASTI-DIP-INT.../dp/B000981AA2
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Old Mar 21, 2011 | 02:29 PM
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I wonder if you can bake the foglights and then paint the inside housing white. It would be a much cleaner job IMO. If you do vinyls, the yellow light might leak out some where and it will end up looking tacky. Then just keep the circle yellow overlay.
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sounds cheap looking to me.
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Old Mar 21, 2011 | 02:46 PM
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im going to wrap the emblem tonight. if i use the heatgun excessively, i dont see how the vinyl wont mold around the finer contours of the emblem.

as for the fogs - it may not be doable based on the vinyl transparency. ill test it out. something tells me its going to look like shiet. i may just yank the yellow overlays entirely.

thanks guys. still the question begs to be asked: can you remove the fog light housing through the wheel well? if so, id just go ahead and paint the inside black. (probably one of the few things i could get away with the leased car).
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Old Mar 21, 2011 | 08:09 PM
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done! loving it. sry, cell pics. as for the fogs, im going to open them up and paint them black. id like to paint them white, but i dont want to run into too much trouble when i return the car (leased).







it matches better in person...the high res shot at the top shows true color matching.


really happy with the results. its subtle, yet has a showcar feel. the old plastidipped emblem looked ghetto - as if someone had stolen the chrome emblem.

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Old Mar 22, 2011 | 01:47 PM
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