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Old Apr 1, 2015 | 10:05 PM
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Now everything on the car is Medium Spiral Grey and Black.


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Old Apr 1, 2015 | 10:39 PM
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That looks pretty tight!
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Old Apr 1, 2015 | 10:51 PM
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looks good.

Might have to do this as well.

Do you know if the front emblems are just glued on like the rears ? or do they have prongs ?

Id like to delete them all , if not at least black them out.
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Old Apr 1, 2015 | 10:52 PM
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Looks good, where did you pick up the flag black out.
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Old Apr 1, 2015 | 11:12 PM
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Originally Posted by 1Willy1
looks good.

Might have to do this as well.

Do you know if the front emblems are just glued on like the rears ? or do they have prongs ?

Id like to delete them all , if not at least black them out.
They have PRONGS! I started taking mine off and was like holy sh...
had to silicone it back down and tape it till it dried...
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Old Apr 1, 2015 | 11:13 PM
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Originally Posted by tommypenguin
Looks good, where did you pick up the flag black out.
they came on the car......I blacked it out myself.
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Old Apr 1, 2015 | 11:39 PM
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I like it. Especially on your color.
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Old Apr 1, 2015 | 11:43 PM
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Looks good. Spiral Grey is my second fav color. I've actually played around with my thoughts to do that with mine as well.
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Old Apr 1, 2015 | 11:53 PM
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Originally Posted by mstromquist
Looks good. Spiral Grey is my second fav color. I've actually played around with my thoughts to do that with mine as well.
The pic really doesn't do it justice ....just looks really classy in person.
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Originally Posted by grantv
I like it. Especially on your color.
Thanks man
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Nice job.
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Old Apr 2, 2015 | 01:08 AM
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I agree - nice job. To amplify this thread and answer some questions. I am posting a few pics:
1) my stock front emblem
2) emblem blacked out
3) emblem marked for removal (if I screwed it up I needed location for moving rear emblem to front - rear has no posts)
4) emblem removed (double sided tape remains and positioning holes apparent)
5) loop removed from emblem and emblem reattached.




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Old Apr 2, 2015 | 04:51 AM
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Nice work elbaite, when I did mine I didn't want them completely blacked out. Zip have a smoked vinyl kit which was cheap enough to try, it was a bit fiddly to get right but it turned out okay.

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Don't understand the infatuation with black. But hey it's your cars.
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Old Apr 2, 2015 | 06:54 AM
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Originally Posted by guido7834
Don't understand the infatuation with black. But hey it's your cars.
Don't understand the infatuation with red. But hey it's your cars.
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Old Apr 2, 2015 | 06:56 AM
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[QUOTE=elbaite;1589325010]I agree - nice job. To amplify this thread and answer some questions. I am posting a few pics:
1) my stock front emblem
2) emblem blacked out
3) emblem marked for removal (if I screwed it up I needed location for moving rear emblem to front - rear has no posts)
4) emblem removed (double sided tape remains and positioning holes apparent)

Nice job lebaite...I didn't remove the emblem I did it on the car.
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Old Apr 2, 2015 | 08:50 AM
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Originally Posted by guido7834
Don't understand the infatuation with black. But hey it's your cars.
Just another side note... Nearly every mod I've done to this car can be undone in a matter of a few hours... The blacked out flags are done with Plastidip in a rattle can...and it will peel right back off whenever I get tired of it or if we sell the car and some potential buyer doesn't like it.




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Old Apr 2, 2015 | 10:10 AM
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I looked at mine this morning when I got to work. Not a fan of the flags TBH. But then painting mine black, on my black car, black wheels, black interior... MIGHT even be too much black for me. I'd consider take'n off if it were clean and easy.
I had a red car once. Worst mistake I made with it? It was red! Seriously, I don't hate red, but it is not my thing, never has been.
Never heard of Zip, gonna check them out, see if they have any other options.
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Old Apr 2, 2015 | 10:13 AM
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Any shots of the rest of the car? I love seeing what people do with their MSG cars for inspiration.
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Old Apr 2, 2015 | 11:23 AM
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http://www.zip-corvette.com/97-04-c5...r-overlay.html
I like this one. I think CF is over-rated for the most part, it's nice, but in limited amounts, but this one would look good on black. Let's see, $10US each, shipping, import duties, taxes; should be about $40-50CAD by the time it would hit my mailbox.
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