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Old Jan 4, 2013 | 11:54 AM
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Ok, so I have a black sc. I wanted to debadge the sc400 and lexus from the trunk and leave the center L badge, but I dont wanna go through filling the wholes the badges leave and getting a respray. So I was thinking about plastidipping those two emblems, and leaving the center L in the original chrome finish, since the black plastidip will kinda blend in with the paint. Does that sound funky to you? Might do this later and post pics, but for now give me your opinions guys.
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Old Jan 4, 2013 | 12:14 PM
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I'm sure it will look just fine. The nice thing about plastidip is that it's completely reversible.
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Old Jan 4, 2013 | 01:45 PM
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Well I plastidipped all my emblems because they didn't match for some reason, as long as you do a good job then I'm sure it would be all right.
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Ok, yeah I'll try it tonight. Ill post pics later.
I just wanted to see if you guys would think it looks cheap or ricey lol.
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Old Jan 4, 2013 | 02:11 PM
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Cool, post pics when you're done. Curious to see how this comes out.
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Old Jan 4, 2013 | 02:30 PM
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Black emblems on a black sc would look fine.
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Old Jan 4, 2013 | 02:31 PM
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I would just plastidip the whole thing.
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Any update with pictures? I am anxious to see how they turned out and look on the car.
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Sorry guys, either later tonight around midnight, or tomorrow night.
Car is dirty so I wanna wash it, but if I get too lazy I'll just go for it.
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Sorry guys, either later tonight around midnight, or tomorrow night.
Car is dirty so I wanna wash it, but if I get too lazy I'll just go for it.
Sounds good, you've really sparked our curiousity now? I think it might look pretty good, but if not...you could always restore back to the original condition?

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Originally Posted by durps
Ok, so I have a black sc. I wanted to debadge the sc400 and lexus from the trunk and leave the center L badge, but I dont wanna go through filling the wholes the badges leave and getting a respray. So I was thinking about plastidipping those two emblems, and leaving the center L in the original chrome finish, since the black plastidip will kinda blend in with the paint. Does that sound funky to you? Might do this later and post pics, but for now give me your opinions guys.
Thanks.
Well here is how mine looks for reference
How funny would this look?-gffmb.jpg
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Take off all emblems and remove that on rear window.
Last edited by RTIS250; Jan 5, 2013 at 07:23 PM. Reason: Keep it family oriented here please...
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Not a fan ...
Either paint 'em all one color, or don't paint 'em at all.
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So I did it and it came out horrible, too embarassed to post pics lol.
One thing so you guys know, dont use plastidip when its cold! At first it was room temp so it was fine, but this 30degree weather soon got to it and the dip started getting thickkk. So it would bubble up and clump together.
All in all, it looked bad so I just decided to stay witb all chrome emblems. Although in the pic above it looks pretty good!
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Sounds like a horrible idea

This looks alright tho
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