I got blacked out bowties and SS emblems now and have depos on the way....just need some rims in the future

 

It's going to look great. Did you tint the windows too?

 

no not yet. im not much of a fan of window tint...i still might get it tinted sometime but i would hate to have to take if off someday cus i hate peeling tint at my detail shop

and in Iowa you cant have side window tint

 

[quote=LuSe4;304205]Here is my car with the black bowtie and then the black SS.

The black SS looks cool...I like it.

 

ive been contemplating getting rims for mine as well, some nice 19's or 20's with a good chrome lip and nice offset, but i really cant stand the money spent vs look and not to mention encouraging someone to steal it, because mine is a daily driver and occasionally gets parked in not so favorable areas in and around chicago ... im not saying i think my car is all that special or people would want to steal it just for the rims ... but then again my sisters boyfriends cheapo accord got broken into just so they could steal his back pack ( unfortunately had his macbook and textbooks in ) and FACTORY radio

so to save the money and still get the look ive been thinking about painting my rims as after 5 + years of road grime, salt and snow they are not as shiny as they should be and have a little road rash here and there ( roughly plowed streets + curbs = not my fault ) ... but i dont want to paint them, and then hate it ... so heres what im contemplating doing as they are relatively flat and not so ornate rims ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aV2H57bES4

my only thing is finding the vinyl as inexpensively as possible, because seeing as ive never worked with it before, im sure ill mess up the first one at least once or twice ...

but as far as your car, its looking good so far, just paint the front chrome strip in the grill ... like this -


that horrible red bowtie is gone, before you ask, and you can see the front bumper and its pimples ...

and then the rear end without any badges -

 

Why is your car so mad? Did some one cut it off?

 

i think black rims would look really good on your car Dr

 

why is it so mad ? huh ... im going for blacked out/ murdered without flat black paint ... why is that mad ???

yeah me too, i just cant afford rims ( i cant condone spending the money, sure i could "afford" it )

so im trying to source out some vinyl and try this myself first, before painting them ...

speaking of which, if i were to paint them, what shade/ style of black should i do ?? gloss black with a gloss clear, or flat black with a satin finish ??

 

i dont think you could go wrong with painting them the same color as your car WA8555 and clear them...i think that would look good and maybe to your bowtie in red or something idk

 

i just pulled my inserts off too...i used a flat razor blade, they came right off. then i cleaned the adhesive off with nail polish remover...im going for the red and chrome look, I have the chrome "monte carlo" and "ss" on the back, and the "ss," and "327" on the sides...going to chrome out the front chevy emblem, but dont know what to do on the one on the trunk, remove it or chrome it...what do you all think?