$20 Rainy Weekend Mod
04-11-2016, 03:03 PM
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Burning Brakes
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$20 Rainy Weekend Mod
Like several members on this forum have posted: 1. I got tired of waiting for a vendor to come out with a hood insulator decal for my C7..(it seems as though GM has really tightened up on granting anyone a license to create one), 2. I really didn't care for the look of GM's "custom" hood insulator, and, 3. I wasn't prepared to pay RPI $599.99 for their airbrushed crossed flag C7 hood insulator.
So, last rainy day weekend, I decided to remove the hood insulator on my C7 and have a go at painting the embossed crossed flag logo myself. Below are pics of the finished rainy day weekend mod, which cost me all of $20.00, and, a little TLC.
The hood insulator is easy to remove:
1. pop off the 6 plastic retainer caps. Be careful removing these as
they brake easily and cost $5.30 each;
2. remove the 2 screws holding the extractor to the hood; then
3. pop off the extractor, and the hood insulator falls free.
Tips on painting the hood insulator's embossed crossed ****:
1. the insulator pad is quite porous, so to facilitate your painting
the embossed crossed flag logo, tape off the outside outline
and initially paint all the inside of the logo with a black acrylic
paint. This will allow your enamel model paint to go on smoothly.
2. I used the little bottles of Testor's model paint ( ie. gloss black;
dark red, silver,or, steel, and gold,or yellow), and, a $1.50
three brush kit. You can get all from your local hobby store.
3. Then, when all the painting was done I taped off the outside
outline of the embossed logo, and, sprayed the painted logo
with a clear artist's painting finisher/protector, which all
local hobby stores also carry.
A little bit of TLC, and you have it. Good luck on your rainy day project.
So, last rainy day weekend, I decided to remove the hood insulator on my C7 and have a go at painting the embossed crossed flag logo myself. Below are pics of the finished rainy day weekend mod, which cost me all of $20.00, and, a little TLC.
The hood insulator is easy to remove:
1. pop off the 6 plastic retainer caps. Be careful removing these as
they brake easily and cost $5.30 each;
2. remove the 2 screws holding the extractor to the hood; then
3. pop off the extractor, and the hood insulator falls free.
Tips on painting the hood insulator's embossed crossed ****:
1. the insulator pad is quite porous, so to facilitate your painting
the embossed crossed flag logo, tape off the outside outline
and initially paint all the inside of the logo with a black acrylic
paint. This will allow your enamel model paint to go on smoothly.
2. I used the little bottles of Testor's model paint ( ie. gloss black;
dark red, silver,or, steel, and gold,or yellow), and, a $1.50
three brush kit. You can get all from your local hobby store.
3. Then, when all the painting was done I taped off the outside
outline of the embossed logo, and, sprayed the painted logo
with a clear artist's painting finisher/protector, which all
local hobby stores also carry.
A little bit of TLC, and you have it. Good luck on your rainy day project.
04-11-2016, 03:31 PM
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Great job! 
04-11-2016, 03:37 PM
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Nice job 
Love it !
Questions for you.....
Did you do the initial Black Acrylic over the entire logo area using a Spray can, or did you brush that on?
Did you do one color per day, or do them all, one after the other?
How many of each color little Testor's bottles did it take to do?
Really looks great
Love it !Questions for you.....
Did you do the initial Black Acrylic over the entire logo area using a Spray can, or did you brush that on?
Did you do one color per day, or do them all, one after the other?
How many of each color little Testor's bottles did it take to do?
Really looks great
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04-11-2016, 03:41 PM
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St. Jude Donor'15
Nicely done!
04-11-2016, 03:56 PM
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04-11-2016, 03:59 PM
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Burning Brakes
Thread Starter
Nice job Love it !
Questions for you.....
Did you do the initial Black Acrylic over the entire logo area using a Spray can, or did you brush that on?
Did you do one color per day, or do them all, one after the other?
How many of each color little Testor's bottles did it take to do?
Really looks great
Love it !Questions for you.....
Did you do the initial Black Acrylic over the entire logo area using a Spray can, or did you brush that on?
Did you do one color per day, or do them all, one after the other?
How many of each color little Testor's bottles did it take to do?
Really looks great
2. one small bottle for each color..$2.00 each.
3. with the insulator pad off. and laying on the kitchen table, I did one color at a time, but pretty much one after the other. I started with the Chevrolet badge, then did the 2 silver doodads in the upper right quadrant, then the red around the Chevy badge and those 2 items in the upper right, then the silver squares on the left flag, then the black around the squares, and, finally did the silver borders. The model paint dries quite quickly.
4. just take your time. If I got tied leaning over the pad, I'd stop, watch a ball game, or just set the pad aside next to a wall, and do a little more the next day.
04-11-2016, 04:09 PM
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I'll bring my car over to your house the next time it rains. Thank you in advance.
04-11-2016, 05:10 PM
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ttt
I was going to buy a new one about like this from chev cost was just under 200.00 Now will try this for sure. Man looks good..
04-11-2016, 05:24 PM
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04-11-2016, 05:42 PM
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Melting Slicks
1. I brushed the black acrylic over the entire logo area.Dries in about 1 hour.
2. one small bottle for each color..$2.00 each.
3. with the insulator pad off. and laying on the kitchen table, I did one color at a time, but pretty much one after the other. I started with the Chevrolet badge, then did the 2 silver doodads in the upper right quadrant, then the red around the Chevy badge and those 2 items in the upper right, then the silver squares on the left flag, then the black around the squares, and, finally did the silver borders. The model paint dries quite quickly.
4. just take your time. If I got tied leaning over the pad, I'd stop, watch a ball game, or just set the pad aside next to a wall, and do a little more the next day.
2. one small bottle for each color..$2.00 each.
3. with the insulator pad off. and laying on the kitchen table, I did one color at a time, but pretty much one after the other. I started with the Chevrolet badge, then did the 2 silver doodads in the upper right quadrant, then the red around the Chevy badge and those 2 items in the upper right, then the silver squares on the left flag, then the black around the squares, and, finally did the silver borders. The model paint dries quite quickly.
4. just take your time. If I got tied leaning over the pad, I'd stop, watch a ball game, or just set the pad aside next to a wall, and do a little more the next day.
Very nicely done! I was just wondering if you are artistically inclined or is this something that you believe the average "cat" could do
04-11-2016, 06:09 PM
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Well done looks great.
