check it out tell me what you guys think

 

sorry for the crappy pic quality but thats the 1st one i made ... looks pretty bad. im gunna make more and do alot better job

 

keep us posted

 

I think that gloss black is probably too much....cannot tell fro mthe pic, but IMO, you should use satin or flat black (satin is better). Gloss shows a lot of imperfections, plus does not lok OEM. Guess we would need to know what else is going to happen in the car to decide....

 

hey almost did the same thing but ended up painting it flat black and 2 coats of clear. i think it came out much better.
thats mine painted black

 

did you prep it at all soarer479? I dont know if it is the picture, but I see quite a few bumps and imperfections.

 

Hmmmmmmm......

 

yes i prepped it and there arent imperfections its a bad pic but i agree i didnt like the gloss black i was just experimenting but the piece is made of lexan and i sanded the whole thing then put a cut out of the word lexus on there then painted and clear coated the pic if before i wet sanded but you can see through the letters but its frosted because of the way i sanded it then i put a 3 in neon tube behind the piece in the dash and wired the switch to my head lights (the wire that light up my stock head unit when you turn on your head lights) but it came out pretty well and i can do it in a bunch of different way like just leaving the letters clear so you can completely see through them and im gunna experiment with different colors and try doing one that says "sc300" and one that says "soarer" but ill post more pics of the back lighting and when i get better at making them. this one was deffinatly a rough draft

 

heres another up close pic shows where i messed up a little but you cant tell once the head unit is above it

 

you paint that with a brush ?

 

nope spray paint

 

look up "Marhyde Black Satin" on google.

It is your friend

 

 

heh thanks ill do that

hopefully my others will turn out better

 

Off topic from the console...
What breed of dog is that, we have one just like it that we found in the mountains, but we don't know the breed. (Dog looks exactly the same except lighter hair around nose, not black)