Smoked chrome badges

[BigBlueDart]

So, I came across this product from Duplicolor:

http://www.duplicolor.com/products/shadow/

I picked it up a few days ago and today started going to work on my badges.

Masked and ready to go...

Final result

It was a little splotchy when I put on the shadow coat. That may be because my spray fu is weak. So far just the front badge done. I've removed the rear badges, and when I get them done I'll post pics, too.

Badges? Badges?! We don't need no stinkin' badges!

 

[BigBlueDart]

Painted the rear badges last night. Here they are just stuck on (still need to clean the area and use new tape):

 

[BigBlueDart]

Now, if I can ever get to where I can afford a projector retrofit kit, I'll use this stuff on the headlight reflectors, too. Maybe go darker, though.

 

[Minimazda]

That looks really interesting. I've only painted mine black, I kinda like the way those look though

 

[BigBlueDart]

Yeah, I guess I just wanted to go with something a little different. The matte or glossy black look is good, but when I came across this I just had to try it out.

 

[Minimazda]

Kinda sad that it wouldn't go with my color scheme because I like the different look that gives off.

 

[ScorpioGTX1]

Cool. I like how you masked off the front badge. I'll probably do it like that when I plastidip mine.

 

[Minimazda]

Cool. I like how you masked off the front badge. I'll probably do it like that when I plastidip mine.

I pulled mine off to plastidip them. I looked at my tape, looked at the car, then back to the tape...then walked to get my picks and fishing line.

 

[BigBlueDart]

The front badge is held in with screws, the best I can tell. And those screws are pretty hard to get to. You can see them, but you can't get anywhere close to a good angle on them with the other stuff mounted behind it. That's why I masked the front badge, but removed the rear badges.

 

[Minimazda]

It didn't have any screws when I took mine off. It was all a bunch of push clips. One on top and two on the sides I believe.

 

[BigBlueDart]

I see. I guess I just saw some screws on the back and assumed they held the badge on. Wish I had tried harder (short of damaging it, of course). Oh, well. All done now.

 

[ngd298]

Looks awesome. I might try that. Since my car is black I want something like that so I don't overdo the black.

 

[scoobs]

I'll plasti pid them in place, I look at the vids of dip your car.com and it seem easy enough. I'm going for flat black for mow but I way do a silver metalizer on top when I do the wheels.

Looks great by the way