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Coreyviper 01-29-2014 11:36 PM

A travesty...
 
Words cannot describe my love for my new car. Especially after my new Magnaflow cat back exhausts I had installed today!!!! But...I took off my front license plate bracket today....to find two ugly, disgusting, repugnant drill holes. :barf: Please. Anyone. Any advice on how to conceal these holes? They're driving me crazy!!!

Atticus808 01-29-2014 11:44 PM

aren't there some sort of plugs? I've seen them posted before

http://www.bumperplugs.com

Coreyviper 01-29-2014 11:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Atticus808 (Post 1490389)
aren't there some sort of plugs? I've seen them posted before

http://www.bumperplugs.com



Found, and ordered. Thank you so much brother!:bow:

Coreyviper 01-30-2014 12:02 AM

I have another question also. Any advice on how to get my emblems flat black? I'm having a flat black rally stripe put on next tuesday, and would like to match the emblems. I've seen the Plasti-Dip, but in my opinion it doesn't look as good as it could. I've also looked online, and can only find glossy black front emblems... : /

Atticus808 01-30-2014 12:46 AM

let me know how it works!
I should mention that I edited my post to add the link in. cause it could have came off as a douchey post lol.

look into powder coating the emblem

Kakawate 02-10-2014 06:54 PM

Lets see some pics of your sweet ride bro! Love the firestorm by the way!

Coreyviper 02-10-2014 11:57 PM

@Kakawate Thanks man! Here's some pics of my ride. I had the calipers painted red today. Really happy with how it looks. Next is powder coating the rims black!
http://i58.tinypic.com/aqesl.jpg
http://i57.tinypic.com/nmlpwk.jpg
http://i60.tinypic.com/2i1f8yo.jpg
http://i60.tinypic.com/2l9js5u.jpg
http://i57.tinypic.com/25z3v3p.jpg

Kakawate 02-11-2014 11:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Coreyviper (Post 1490441)
I have another question also. Any advice on how to get my emblems flat black? I'm having a flat black rally stripe put on next tuesday, and would like to match the emblems. I've seen the Plasti-Dip, but in my opinion it doesn't look as good as it could. I've also looked online, and can only find glossy black front emblems... : /

One product with great ease of use and learning curve is plasti dip! That's what I used on my emblems

Ride looks great bro enjoy the road!

6-Shift 02-11-2014 02:57 PM

For getting your emblems flat black honestly just use plasti dip. If you actually paint them it's not going to look much different but you won't ever be able to go back. Plasti dip is very versatile, especially with the new clears and metallizers they have.

Coreyviper 02-11-2014 06:08 PM

I actually ended up using the plasti dip, and I'm really happy with how they turned out. They look factory!


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lpresley 02-13-2014 11:11 PM

I feel your pain as far as those drilled holes go, I'm definitely gonna check those plugs out, right now all i've got in there is the little rubber plugs where the license plate screws went into, im sure the plugs will look better

rickyb80 02-13-2014 11:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Coreyviper (Post 1490373)
Words cannot describe my love for my new car. Especially after my new Magnaflow cat back exhausts I had installed today!!!! But...I took off my front license plate bracket today....to find two ugly, disgusting, repugnant drill holes. :barf: Please. Anyone. Any advice on how to conceal these holes? They're driving me crazy!!!

One thing that I just don't understand is why some FRS' come with the plates installed on the actual bumper and some come with the plate installed into the black mesh. Thankfully mine came with the plates installed in the black mesh because once I did the front license plate relocation kit it wasn't even noticeable. With paint, however, it's EXTREMELY noticeable unless it's black paint. I'm glad you were able to get this resolved by going to that site.

I just looked up bumperplugs.com and that's a very clever site. Such a simple idea yet so useful.

soundman98 02-13-2014 11:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Coreyviper (Post 1519681)

out of curiousity, is it really difficult to get the brake pads off the car that it's easier to just spray the entire assembly red instead of isolating the calipers before painting?

Coreyviper 02-13-2014 11:48 PM

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Originally Posted by soundman98 (Post 1527953)
out of curiousity, is it really difficult to get the brake pads off the car that it's easier to just spray the entire assembly red instead of isolating the calipers before painting?

Honestly, i'm not too sure. I just took it to a wheel shop and had them do it. I did my Charger a few years ago though, and I just took the wheels off and taped off everything else.


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