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Old Mar 3, 2015 | 02:55 PM
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For anyone who wants to see what it would look like on a lighter color car with a black grille surround i did mine. Just did five coats of Black PlastiDip. Nothing special done. Looks perfect with no bubbles or light/wet marks. Not sure it makes the car look better or worse from how it came but it can remove it if I get tired of it.



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Old Mar 3, 2015 | 07:43 PM
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im interested in the plastic-dip as well. Is it the pic, or are the rims not the same?
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Old Mar 3, 2015 | 09:22 PM
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Originally Posted by appleguy71
im interested in the plastic-dip as well. Is it the pic, or are the rims not the same?
Same wheels. Probably just the shadows.
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Old Mar 4, 2015 | 07:31 AM
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Like it a lot, but not feeling it with the wheels.
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Old Mar 4, 2015 | 10:03 AM
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Nice Job.. !!
Made the car go into stealth mode
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Old Mar 4, 2015 | 10:03 AM
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can i see pics of the roof? i'm looking to get my roof wrapped matte. thanks!
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Old Mar 4, 2015 | 04:11 PM
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It looks great!!!!

I know you said you didn't do anything special, but did you use any kind of degreaser on what you painted?

Thanks
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Old Mar 4, 2015 | 05:10 PM
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What I would to bring to the table is that the rcf dark chrome trim piece should fit our rc350 fsport there are none available to purchase yet in the us but I will order when they do my price was 200$
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Old Mar 4, 2015 | 06:46 PM
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Originally Posted by GearHead69
It looks great!!!!

I know you said you didn't do anything special, but did you use any kind of degreaser on what you painted?

Thanks
I just used windex to clean it before..
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Old Mar 4, 2015 | 07:55 PM
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Originally Posted by LRCSALES
What I would to bring to the table is that the rcf dark chrome trim piece should fit our rc350 fsport there are none available to purchase yet in the us but I will order when they do my price was 200$
Is that true? I believe the shape of the RCF grill is slightly different than an RC350 F-Sport. No?
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Old Mar 5, 2015 | 05:42 PM
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Not bad! It's a shame they didn't finish the rc350 grille in black chrome like the rcf though.
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Old Mar 9, 2015 | 12:40 AM
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maybe throwing on a coat of clear would give it that metallic black look
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Old Mar 11, 2015 | 03:19 PM
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Did you take the grill off and then spray it or tape off the surrounding area and spray it?
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Old Mar 11, 2015 | 03:51 PM
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Originally Posted by dychang174
Did you take the grill off and then spray it or tape off the surrounding area and spray it?
Just taped it off.
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Old Mar 15, 2015 | 01:58 AM
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Can you post a picture of the grill at a distance please? thanks.
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