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Oct 25, 2013 | 01:26 PM

ewingfly

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Blacking out the emblems

A little platidip goodness. Decided to black out the emblems. Only thing left is the front grill chrome strip. I think it came out pretty good. The back corvette flag is not perfect but Ill redo that later today. Let me know what you all think.

Oct 25, 2013 | 01:34 PM

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Looks good. I Plastidiped the front chrome strip on mine. How did you to the corvette lettering on the back? Did you remove?
Also how did you maintain the red in the crossed flags?

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c7-g...e-emblems.html

Oct 25, 2013 | 01:51 PM

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I did not remove any of the emblems. I just taped around it making a rectangular box. After it has dried you can pull up the excess which will just automatically cut around the letters. The red in the flag emblem was done by slowly cutting around it with an exacto knife. and then pulling up the plasti dip. Here is a youtube video that shows how to do the letters.

Oct 25, 2013 | 01:55 PM

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I wouldnt use a screw driver like how the guy did in that video. I used a toothpick and it worked great

Oct 25, 2013 | 02:04 PM

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Great!...thanks I'll give it a shot this weekend.

Oct 25, 2013 | 02:14 PM

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I'm getting ready to do my wheels in plasti Dip to protect them over the winter. **** works really well, and actually doesn't look half bad

Oct 25, 2013 | 02:25 PM

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Nice job...plastidip is so foolproof.....

Oct 25, 2013 | 02:35 PM

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I don't know. Nothing looks more like Plastidip...than Plastidip. It is on every Ricer and Gangsta car around here. Black over chrome, looks like grey blotch from any distance.

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Oct 25, 2013 | 04:26 PM

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How does Plastidip stick to the chrome ? I would think it would not adhere very well and would tend to flake off.

Oct 25, 2013 | 04:47 PM

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Looks great to me. Especially the flags

Oct 25, 2013 | 04:56 PM

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That looks great, I'm going to do that this weekend. Need to find the plastidip.

Oct 25, 2013 | 06:16 PM

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It seems to stick pretty well actually. Once its had enough time to cure properly.

And I got the plastidip from lowes fyi

Oct 26, 2013 | 12:29 AM

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Lowes sells it

Oct 26, 2013 | 01:39 AM

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Interesting.

Oct 26, 2013 | 01:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Gr8ful

Lowes sells it

They've also got red, white, and if you go through dipyourcar a whole bunch of other colors.

That said, this is pretty damn cool looking. Think I may give it a try when I get my C7!

Oct 26, 2013 | 03:41 AM

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gonna try VHT nightshades on mine...

Oct 26, 2013 | 09:19 AM

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I like the side badge, but I don't like the emblem. I liked the checkered-flag part, to me it looks a little weird one side is blacked out and the other side is red. However, I really like the red side with the black outline. Maybe you could do the white parts of the checkered flag red?

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