Vinyl Wrapped Chrome Strip
by cklinh » Fri Feb 10, 2006 6:30 pm
Heya folks!
It's time for another cheap "mod"! (That makes three this week!)
So... if you're like me, you have an extreme aversion to chrome...
High on that anti-chrome list, is the chrome strip running across the front of the hood...
I didn't want to paint it (as SO many of my painting projects tend to go awry)... I figured vinyl would be something cheap and easy.
I searched on ebay and found this guy selling a 15"x10' roll for less than ten bucks, so I went ahead and got it from this seller... http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQfgtpZ1QQfrp ... pQ5fdecals
This is the result...
Try to imagine it with michael's grills...
I thought it would require lots of patience, but that wasn't the case... didn't even need anything to warm up the vinyl... (but that may have helped with the edge)
I could have done a slightly better job on the edges, but as such, you have to be close to see some of the jaggedness... there are a few tiny bubbles in there, I'll try to smooth them out after a day or so...
PS I have a LOT of black vinyl left over... if anyone wants a piece (I used approximately 7.5"x3' piece... which is WAY too big) let me know, and you can have it for just shipping. I don't know how much that would be though... gotta ship it in a tube-type container.
It's time for another cheap "mod"! (That makes three this week!)
So... if you're like me, you have an extreme aversion to chrome...
High on that anti-chrome list, is the chrome strip running across the front of the hood...
I didn't want to paint it (as SO many of my painting projects tend to go awry)... I figured vinyl would be something cheap and easy.
I searched on ebay and found this guy selling a 15"x10' roll for less than ten bucks, so I went ahead and got it from this seller... http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQfgtpZ1QQfrp ... pQ5fdecals
This is the result...
Try to imagine it with michael's grills...
I thought it would require lots of patience, but that wasn't the case... didn't even need anything to warm up the vinyl... (but that may have helped with the edge)
I could have done a slightly better job on the edges, but as such, you have to be close to see some of the jaggedness... there are a few tiny bubbles in there, I'll try to smooth them out after a day or so...
PS I have a LOT of black vinyl left over... if anyone wants a piece (I used approximately 7.5"x3' piece... which is WAY too big) let me know, and you can have it for just shipping. I don't know how much that would be though... gotta ship it in a tube-type container.
Last edited by cklinh on Fri Feb 10, 2006 6:37 pm, edited 2 times in total.
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