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Blacked out the front today.

Discussion in '8G Lancer - Customization' started by Geaux, Mar 23, 2008.

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  1. Keeeent

    Keeeent Well-Known Member

    its not hard. trust me, i thought it was but its not. it takes like 10 minutes
     
    Keeeent, Mar 29, 2008
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  2. Geaux

    Geaux Well-Known Member

    Looks good keeeent, glad I could help out.

    Did you paint the mitsu logo or is it red vinyl?
     
    Geaux, Mar 29, 2008
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  3. Keeeent

    Keeeent Well-Known Member

    thanks bro, couldn't do it with your help. Its red vinyl. *sigh, i wanna get a red one though.

    Yeah, i sand it down before i applied the premier. I got the 3M from auto zone. really cheap too. like 3 bucks.
     
    Keeeent, Mar 29, 2008
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  4. ChokingChicken

    ChokingChicken Well-Known Member

    very nice bro. that's next for me too
     
    ChokingChicken, Mar 29, 2008
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  5. totalmajor

    totalmajor Well-Known Member

    hey hold on, so you guys DONT paint that middle part between the grills?

    I thought you sand everything down and spray paint it...

    so you HAVE to get vinyl?
     
    totalmajor, Apr 3, 2008
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  6. Bryn1987

    Bryn1987 Well-Known Member

    u don't HAVE to... but remember, if u paint it, it'll be impossible to get the original color back... even painting it u'll notice a difference :(... at least w/ vinyl, u can just simply heat it up w/ like a blow drier and peal it off =)
     
    Bryn1987, Apr 3, 2008
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  7. Texas Aggie

    Texas Aggie Well-Known Member

    how much that go for?
     
    Texas Aggie, Apr 3, 2008
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  8. Bryn1987

    Bryn1987 Well-Known Member

    i really have no idea... i'll look right now...

    i looked looked and looked... but i guess idk what to search for... someone wanna help us out w/ this, where to buy the vinyl?
     
    Bryn1987, Apr 3, 2008
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  9. Texas Aggie

    Texas Aggie Well-Known Member

    i think i saw something like this on ebay but it was going for about $50...think that's a bit much for a small piece of vinyl...i'm sure the guys got it for cheaper
     
    Texas Aggie, Apr 3, 2008
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  10. Keeeent

    Keeeent Well-Known Member

    yeah, here it is.
    http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/08-Mitsu ... 0013783341
     
    Keeeent, Apr 3, 2008
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  11. Texas Aggie

    Texas Aggie Well-Known Member

    i saw this but isnt that a bit expensive?
     
    Texas Aggie, Apr 3, 2008
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  12. Geaux

    Geaux Well-Known Member

    Don't get a precut one, if you do that and mess up, you are shit out of luck. You can buy rolls of this crap for 2 bucks a foot on ebay. Search matte black vinyl or flat black vinyl. Here are some links.

    http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/FLAT...008QQitemZ180210927155QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWD1V

    http://cgi.ebay.com/24-X-10-LG-CHEM...ryZ46741QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

    10' x 15" and you can sell your own for 50 bucks a pop on ebay haha. Only 8 bucks.
    http://cgi.ebay.com/1-ROLL-10-x-15-...ryZ46741QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

    I also did a lil something special with the mitsu logo and some left over vinyl I had laying around, I'll get pics of it this weekend and update it, I kind of like it, and haven't seen it done yet.
     
    Geaux, Apr 3, 2008
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  13. Texas Aggie

    Texas Aggie Well-Known Member

    oh nice...thx...the same seller has material for smoking out the lights too
     
    Texas Aggie, Apr 3, 2008
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  14. darklancer

    darklancer Well-Known Member

    two questions
    so your painting the chrome mesh
    and vynal on the part imbetween right...so is vynal easy to put on should i get somone else to do it? and did you have to take out the mid peice to vynal it??

    and just a thought anyway to replace that mid peice with mesh???
    ive been thinking of doing blue glow kit behind the front grill think it would look better if it was one solid grill....thoughts?
     
    darklancer, Apr 6, 2008
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  15. Geaux

    Geaux Well-Known Member

    Replace the middle with mesh? I don't know man, I don't think it would look all that great and would be rather difficult to pull it off. It would include cutting the middle piece out and somehow replacing it with mesh to match up.

    As for your other questions, yeah I painted the grill and used vinyl to cover the mid section. My bro did the vinyl in like 20 minutes but he used to tint windows back in the day so it was rather easy for him. If you do give it a shot, remember to spray water on the vinyl and the bumper so you can slide it around to make it perfect. Use a tinting squeegee type tool to get the water bubbles out from below and start doing that from the middle out.

    good luck
     
    Geaux, Apr 6, 2008
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  16. darklancer

    darklancer Well-Known Member

    k sweet man and if i screw it up i ca just blow dry it off right?
     
    darklancer, Apr 6, 2008
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  17. ChokingChicken

    ChokingChicken Well-Known Member

    yep
     
    ChokingChicken, Apr 6, 2008
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  18. Geaux

    Geaux Well-Known Member

    ^ when are you going to do yours man?
     
    Geaux, Apr 6, 2008
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  19. ChokingChicken

    ChokingChicken Well-Known Member

    when i finally find a shop that sells vinyl.

    I really don't feel like ordering it, and waitin, if you know what i mean, i don't wanna get it, then fuck up and need more.

    wait again...


    i'm gettin to it lol
     
    ChokingChicken, Apr 7, 2008
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  20. Texas Aggie

    Texas Aggie Well-Known Member

    ^ lol...that's why i haven't gotten that stuff either. geez...now we can order anything and have it sent to us yet we're still to lazy to wait for it...damn Americans and our impatience...LOL!!!
     
    Texas Aggie, Apr 7, 2008
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