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Old Aug 7, 2014 | 05:16 PM
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Does any vendor offer a carbon flash cover for the chrome bar going across the C7 grille? I see the carbon fiber version, but don't want that.
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Old Aug 7, 2014 | 05:18 PM
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Carbon flash vinyl stuff vettefx.com
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Old Aug 7, 2014 | 05:39 PM
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Thanks Glen. I tried their vinyl tape. Too hard to work with for me. Spent an hour on one side of the grille and ended up with unsat bubbles, fold overs, a mess. Through it all into the trash. Looking for something else.
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Old Aug 7, 2014 | 05:48 PM
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Needed heat to lay it down like all vinyl.....

Tape it off and paint it
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get a vinyl with the air channels on the backside...installs dry and is easy as pie...can be re-positioned if necessary. Here is a flash picture to better show the details. In real life it is more stealthy...second pic.



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get a vinyl with the air channels on the backside...installs dry and is easy as pie...can be re-positioned if necessary. Here is a flash picture to better show the details. In real life it is more stealthy...second pic.



I picked up some of this to try on some parts of my MS6. I hope it's easy to work with.
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Myself and a few others taped the area off and painted it carbon flash.
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I did mine with the vinyl Carbon Fiber too. Took me 5 minutes.....



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I made my own carbon flash. Black plastic dip, Metalizer and glossifier.
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I did mine with a flat black vinyl tape and used a small squeegee and it took about 10 minutes.
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I did mine with a flat black vinyl tape and used a small squeegee and it took about 10 minutes.
I did that too.
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There are a lot of 'echoes' in this thread!
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