spraying chevrons???

1. Rootyuk Established Member Joined: Jun 2007 Falmouth Posts: 1079 saxo 1.1i desire

   #1 4th April 2008, 17:57

   ok so far i have smoked rears and black badges.
   
   planning on smoking my fogs tomorrow and spraying my chevrons black.
   
   fist of all wat is your opinion on black chevrons on a silver car?
   
   secondly is it just a case of sand the chevrons, 2 coats primer, 3-4 coats of black spray, 4+ coastd of laquer??
   
   cheers
2. mattg Established Member Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 1744

   #2 4th April 2008, 18:24

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by Rootyuk ok so far i have smoked rears and black badges. planning on smoking my fogs tomorrow and spraying my chevrons black. fist of all wat is your opinion on black chevrons on a silver car? secondly is it just a case of sand the chevrons, 2 coats primer, 3-4 coats of black spray, 4+ coastd of laquer?? cheers

   Yeah thats correcet way of spraying mate and yes black looks cool on silver cars, smoked look looks great
3. Rootyuk Established Member Joined: Jun 2007 Falmouth Posts: 1079 saxo 1.1i desire

   #3 4th April 2008, 18:51

   dont think it would look weird with the black mesh then?
   
   just dont want it too drak on the grill if ya get wat i mean.
4. mattg Established Member Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 1744

   #4 4th April 2008, 19:36

   I done my grille with black mesh but kept the chevrons silver but seen a few with black chevrons and looks smart, thinking of doing mine black now but cant be assed to take the grille off to get the chevrons off lol.
5. nazz1 Established Member Joined: Aug 2007 South Wales Posts: 2076 Saxoless

   #5 4th April 2008, 19:59

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by mattg I done my grille with black mesh but kept the chevrons silver but seen a few with black chevrons and looks smart, thinking of doing mine black now but cant be assed to take the grille off to get the chevrons off lol.

   do they not just pop out with a flat head screw driver
   
   lazy as... 2 minute job to pop the grill out anyway
6. mattg Established Member Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 1744

   #6 4th April 2008, 20:02

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by nazz1 do they not just pop out with a flat head screw driver lazy as... 2 minute job to pop the grill out anyway

   Not sure tbh, when i took the grille off to mesh it it, the chevrons were clipped on and i had to fiddle about with them to get them off and were a bloody tight fit when i pushed them back in too.
   
   If there simple to get off then ill spray them up, just dont want to break them off lol.
7. nazz1 Established Member Joined: Aug 2007 South Wales Posts: 2076 Saxoless

   #7 4th April 2008, 20:06

   or you could just get a dimma grill
8. SamHlm Infrequent Poster Joined: Dec 2007 Spalding, Lincolnshire Posts: 161 Saxo Furio

   #8 4th April 2008, 20:10

   They just pop off, literally 2 seconds to get them off
   
   Use a thin flat head screw driver and just pry them off, then they just clip back on
9. mattg Established Member Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 1744

   #9 4th April 2008, 20:18

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by SamHlm They just pop off, literally 2 seconds to get them off Use a thin flat head screw driver and just pry them off, then they just clip back on

   Ill give it ago then if there that easy lol. cheers
10. Rootyuk Established Member Joined: Jun 2007 Falmouth Posts: 1079 saxo 1.1i desire

    #10 7th April 2008, 18:23

    here is the finished result of it all:
    
    
11. mattg Established Member Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 1744

    #11 7th April 2008, 18:37

    Looks good mate, better than i thought it would, nice touch
12. Ge0_Ge Established Member Joined: Jan 2008 Thanet/Kent Posts: 1335 106 GTI, Audi S3

    #12 7th April 2008, 18:37

    look good matey.
13. Rootyuk Established Member Joined: Jun 2007 Falmouth Posts: 1079 saxo 1.1i desire

    #13 7th April 2008, 21:52

    thanks for the comments. i think it looks better than i thought it would tbh so i am pretty happy with the end result
14. evans1089 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Jun 2007 Chesterfield Posts: 8935 Ibiza Cupra 204bhp

    #14 7th April 2008, 22:51

    spot on that mate
15. Rootyuk Established Member Joined: Jun 2007 Falmouth Posts: 1079 saxo 1.1i desire

    #15 7th April 2008, 23:29

    cheers mate