Inexpensive Cosmetic Mod Ideas
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You may be in the same situation I was in when I first bought my x. Wanted some aesthetics done but didnt have that big of a budget at first. Ended up Plasti Dipping my grill, chrome trunk stupid thing, and emblems and then vinyl wrapped my chrome trim (actually very easy) Probably all in with everything was $50 and a couple hours of my time. If you do the dip properly its easy to mistake for paint until you feel it.
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Surprised nobody has said it, maybe because it is very minor aesthetically, but Diode Dynamics Tail as Turn module - $40 and I feel it modernizes the signals a little
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You may be in the same situation I was in when I first bought my x. Wanted some aesthetics done but didnt have that big of a budget at first. Ended up Plasti Dipping my grill, chrome trunk stupid thing, and emblems and then vinyl wrapped my chrome trim (actually very easy) Probably all in with everything was $50 and a couple hours of my time. If you do the dip properly its easy to mistake for paint until you feel it.
You have any pics of the vinyl wrapped chrome trim around the doors?
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Todd
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You DO NOT have to remove the grille. Some people and it helps you cover more of it. I chose to keep it on and just masked off the rest of the car so that the area I was spraying was a rectangle around the grille and sprayed everything including onto the bumper. Also you need to ADD a piece of cardboard behind the grille if you keep it on so you dont spray the radiator. Once you get enough coats you start to peal the dip on bumper and it cuts the grille out that way. There are some good videos on how to dip a grille from dipyourcar on youtube.
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Here is a close up after dipped and got rid of excess without removing grille.
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There’s something called AutoDip or “superwrap” that’s been out for a while. It’s been at sema a few times. Mostly for rims and trims. I haven’t seen it do an entire car yet. t’s like Plasti dip but it’s considered “sprayable vinyl”. Sprays on and peels off the same. Only difference really is that it leaves a gloss finish to it instead of that matte finish. It’s like 12 bucks a can. If you have Instagram you can check them out: superwrapoffical or their website is getsuperwrap.com I’ll be ordering a couple cans soon myself I’ll post pics.
Last edited by Rochester; 03-16-2019 at 08:39 PM. Reason: merged the duplicate post
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how does the vinyl wrap hold in the winter time? cuz where I m the winter is harsh and very cold now