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07-06-2014, 12:14 PM
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Drives: 2014 BRM, 2SS, RS, 1LE Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Chicago
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What is the best/easiest way to make the gold bow ties black?
I have a Blue Ray Metallic 1LE and I really want to grey rid of the gold in the bow ties on the front and back. Is there an easy way to do this?
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07-06-2014, 12:18 PM
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Drives: 2011 SS Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Arizona
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Vinyl
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07-06-2014, 12:41 PM
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Vinyl for sure I was done in minutes and can be had for $10 on ebay
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07-06-2014, 12:42 PM
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Drives: 2010 RS Inferno Orange Metallic Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Albany, Ga.
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Plastic Dip BLACK
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07-06-2014, 12:51 PM
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Drives: 2017 Camaro SS (2SS, M6) Join Date: May 2014
Location: Milford, MI
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I second the Plasti Dip. I painted mine a couple of weeks back and they turned out perfect. I used flat black and it contrasts nice with the black car and blends well with the other plastic trim. I've washed the car a couple of times since and it's holding up great. There are a bunch of YouTube videos you can watch on the subject that will give you some helpful hints on applying it.
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07-06-2014, 01:00 PM
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Drives: GMC Sierra AT4 Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Hanover, PA
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On my 2012 Camaro I removed the bowties and used an orange automotive painters tape to tape off all the chrome. Tape held to the chrome perfectly, I made sure I got the tape in the area of the separation between the gold and chrome so there would be no over-spray, Bowties came out perfect.
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07-06-2014, 01:01 PM
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Vinyl is the easiest. |
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07-06-2014, 01:04 PM
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Hide! My wife's coming!
Drives: 2013 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Las Colinas, TX
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I've done vinyl and plastic dip. I liked the plastic dip the most.
I just used blue painters tape and taped off everything but the gold and sprayed on a few coats. Had no issues and looked great. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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07-06-2014, 02:06 PM
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Drives: 2014 Red Hot 1LT/RS Join Date: May 2013
Location: College Station, TX
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Plastidip is the easiest and looks the best, in my opinion. Takes a little prep work and time to lay out the paper and tape, but its cheap and lasts a long time.
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07-06-2014, 02:25 PM
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Drives: 2019 SS 1LE Garnet Red Tintcoat Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Arizona United States
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I did mine with Plastidip about 16 months ago. It was easy, looks great and has held up excellent. I had some bugs on my front one after a recent long road trip and hit it pretty hard with the pressure washer. It looks the same as it did the day after I first sprayed it. As a few others have mentioned, there's the time doing the masking, but the results are worth it.
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07-06-2014, 03:47 PM
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Call Me"Doc"
Drives: 2014 2SS/RS 1LE BLACK Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Ft Riley, Kansas
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On a '14, just take a tiny flathead screw driver and the gold inlay will pop off pretty easy. Its held on with some black RTV looking stuff. Clean it and paint it with a high quality paint of your choice. Glue back on with black RTV. Took me about an hour to do front and back and I didn't mask anything...super easy
The bow ties on a '14 are not the same as previous years. Vinyl doesn't work real good because of the texture of the surface. Plasti dip is fine, but masking is not necessary. |
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07-06-2014, 05:37 PM
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Drives: Blue Join Date: May 2012
Location: WA
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I took my bow tie off and painted it with Rustoleum Satin Black spray paint - did 5 or so feathery coats to let it dry well. I tried plasti-dip, didn't like the stuff. I don't like the idea of spraying the dip on and knowing it can just be peeled off so easily - I prefer the permanent solution.
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07-06-2014, 05:45 PM
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Drives: 2012 Camaro 45th Anniversary RS Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: New York
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Vinyl, by far the quickest way to do it. Don't like it, rip me off and redo them. Only prep work is to clean the area. I just posted in another thread I did my cruze and my wife's equinox with black vinyl came out great. I can't stand gold.
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07-06-2014, 05:58 PM
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Drives: 2016 Hyper Blue 2SS RS Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Riverview, FL
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Vinyl is my choice. Easy fast and cheap.
If you decide to go this route, PM me. Jim
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