photos taken by our local young photographer/forum member Tommo...
love his work.
he will be joining us for the RX-8 cruise this sunday



more pix here....
http://www.urbanvideos.net/pics/shoo...ot2/index.html

 

nice pics, looks like you had some nice weather there, the blue of the sky is a good contrast to the color of your car.

question, what did you paint your emblems with? and, did you do it yourself, or have it done?

 

What can i say,..............................TOP OF THE LINE PICTURE...............................

 

Thoose rims are sweet as h...



And thoose to

 

Bling Bling.

 

scortch bright, plastic primer, matt black paint (spray can okay) & clean coat

taking the badges off is the most PITA bit

 

Looking good man.

 

Nice pics Tommo! I'd betta shave 4 sunday then! LOL!!!

 

why only Wheel shots??

 

why not......?

;-)

 

how hard is it? i know that the RX-8 badge is stuck on, I am going to get a new one for it, but the others are snap on. Any trick to pulling them off, I am thinking about buy ing all news ones, painting the new ones, and then putting them on. So that might make it a little easier, not worrying about bustin one of them.

 

okay this is what i did....

disclaimer: follow at your own risk!

1. soak a small cloth with prepsol (aka grease and wax remover) and drip it around the edges of the badges (the area between the badge and the panel) to soften up the sticky stap.
2. use dental floss to losen the badge off the panel (the stick tape thing should be quite soft to allow the dental floss to go between them easily)
3. pull the badges off slowly.
4. clean the surface with propsol, so no more sticky stuff.
5. sand the badges with scortch bright or fine grit sand paper (as long as you get rid of the shiny surface, without scratching the badge)
6. clean the dull surface with prepsol and wipe dry with clean cloth
7. apply plastic primer, light layer at a time (read the instructions), i had about 3 light layers. allow dry between layers.
8. apply colour, in my case matt black. light layers, until evenly covered. allow dry between layers.
9. apply clear coat, light layers, allow dry between layers.
10. re-fit the badge back to the 8. i used hot glue to put it back. (if you are planning to use 3M double side tapes, i'd suggest you to cut them first, so you dont have to do that after the badges are painted..... make sure the surface is CLEANED)

 

^^thanks a lot, I appreciate you taking the time to do that. I may try to do this over the weekend. I hate how the badges are the only chrome like shiny its on my car.

 

crazy rims