Did some badge work and plasti-dippin'
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Did some badge work and plasti-dippin'
Couple days ago I went to de-badge the back of the car and got the mazda logo and "mazda" badge off and found these little diddies:
the "rx-8" badge was just on with tape so that didnt go back on right away, thinking ill dip it as well and put it back on for symmetry. looks unbalanced now.
so i got some emblem adhesive and figured itd be a good time to try plasti-dip and black em'out and they came out pretty good as well as a "zoom-zoom" polished license plate frame
before:
after:
definitely looks alot sharper. i dont care for chrome at all
the "rx-8" badge was just on with tape so that didnt go back on right away, thinking ill dip it as well and put it back on for symmetry. looks unbalanced now.
so i got some emblem adhesive and figured itd be a good time to try plasti-dip and black em'out and they came out pretty good as well as a "zoom-zoom" polished license plate frame
before:
after:
definitely looks alot sharper. i dont care for chrome at all
Last edited by Big_Hoss; 10-28-2012 at 09:35 AM. Reason: forgot pic
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i know, i completely contradicted myself. lol i am going to do the front soon. just need to get some newspaper and plastic for masking. first thing i thought when it was done was, dammit, i should have got the black mazdaspeed plate frame. oh well, less chrome is always good though. still looks good.
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And yeah hoss, your car/badges look awesome! The red 8s are the coolest in my opinion and I wish I had gotten one instead of my boring silver
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Hmmm, may have to look into this for my badges.... what did you use to get inside the A and D and such to peel the plastidip from the body paint without peeling it off the insides of the badges?
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If you spray it straight on it will not stay connected across the tiny gap between the badges and the paint. You can get the excess off with a wooden toothpick to avoid tearing anything up.