chrisguga Posted August 8, 2011 Share Posted August 8, 2011 I initially cut vinyl to fill in the gold bowties which, imo, look bad on most colors. I always wanted to paint/clear the bowties to match the factory colors. I know, dirty car. I'm machine polishing the whole thing and the dust gets everywhere. So I removed those, taped it up, and laid down some paint: Cleared it: You can see how it needed to be wet sanded with 2000 grit: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisguga Posted August 8, 2011 Author Share Posted August 8, 2011 My old hand polishing kit to the rescue! I went ahead and removed the tape up front first. Excuse the polish residue in the cracks. I'll fish it out with a toothpick once it dries. Not bad for this being the first time I've ever used paint and clear coat, imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carolinaboy Posted August 8, 2011 Share Posted August 8, 2011 Great job looks like a good PTM job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the1inblue Posted August 8, 2011 Share Posted August 8, 2011 Is this on a traverse? Sent from my DROIDX using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris@Adams Posted August 8, 2011 Share Posted August 8, 2011 Good job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randyfox Posted August 8, 2011 Share Posted August 8, 2011 Not bad. And I agree, those gold bow-ties are horrid looking on most colors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kustom_FX Posted August 8, 2011 Share Posted August 8, 2011 Great Job!!! I also agree, the gold is just NASTY! So I did like you and sanded, smoothed and painted mine to match.. but it was a bit plain so I added some vinyl overlays to mine to make them stand out a bit more.. Still beats the gold all day long! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisguga Posted August 8, 2011 Author Share Posted August 8, 2011 Wow, Kustom FX, that looks awesome. It's an '08 black granite metallic Malibu LTZ v6. It's not the flashiest car in the world, but it has good options, a plush interior, and is comfortable to drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the1inblue Posted August 8, 2011 Share Posted August 8, 2011 Nice my gf has a traverse the same color. Sent from my DROIDX using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjwoolw Posted August 8, 2011 Share Posted August 8, 2011 Nice touch! Looks great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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