Blackout tape vs. plastidip over chrome trim
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I vinyl wrapped my handles and trim about 3 years ago and it is holding up great... looks like new even after several northern winters. Just use the thinnest black vinyl you can find (I used 3M) and take your time with a hair dryer and a razor. I also made construction paper templates before cutting the vinyl. A pic, sorry I don't have close ups:
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Gloss black no question, look at the pic I posted. I later painted my headlight bezels and grill gloss black to match everything up.
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I vinyl wrapped my handles and trim about 3 years ago and it is holding up great... looks like new even after several northern winters. Just use the thinnest black vinyl you can find (I used 3M) and take your time with a hair dryer and a razor. I also made construction paper templates before cutting the vinyl. A pic, sorry I don't have close ups:
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#22
Looks good man, what did that run? When I was looking to black out my chrome trim, I got some quotes in the $400 range so I just decided to take an afternoon and wrap everything myself.
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I used 3m scotchcal vinyl, it was cheap for a nice size roll of vinyl. I bought it here:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/320832993770...84.m1423.l2649
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I plasti dipped my rims,grill,emblems, and black around my side view mirrors and its working great key is to do 5 coats wait 15 min in between coats and stay between 4-6 in away and stay smooth on the spray strokes. I will post pics of my car soon as i find out how to post pics on here i am new to this forum,,
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