Black leaper badges
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it's not as perfect as actual black plastic or something that's naturally black, but it's just a personal preference. The whole super chrome escalade look just doesn't work for me. Not a bling person. On an old mustang or E-type a chrome metal bumper or mirror looks right, but not on this or a lambo or ferrari
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it's not as perfect as actual black plastic or something that's naturally black, but it's just a personal preference. The whole super chrome escalade look just doesn't work for me. Not a bling person. On an old mustang or E-type a chrome metal bumper or mirror looks right, but not on this or a lambo or ferrari
#11
It was too easy to plastidip the badges and test it, it's impossible to mess up or ruin. I really wish jag had a color matching option for the badges though. And some matte or frozen paint like bmw. I talked to the dealership about having them painted but wasn't confident in their abilities. Maybe when I relocate to a city with better shops.
#12
Chrome looks like chrome. There is nothing plastic looking about our chrome.
Black plastic though is by its essence cheap. The only correct way to black out the badges is to get black chrome badges. Anything short of black chrome is just vandalizing your own car. It makes more sense to debadge than to cheapen the car with plastidip or a black plastic badge.
#13
I plasti dip my cat white to match the car.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ul1jqnowtg...02.58.png?dl=0
Re: matte vs gloss..I would say try to match the other black body pieces, so matte migh look odd if everything else if gloss black.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ul1jqnowtg...02.58.png?dl=0
Re: matte vs gloss..I would say try to match the other black body pieces, so matte migh look odd if everything else if gloss black.
#14
I plasti dip my cat white to match the car.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ul1jqnowtg...02.58.png?dl=0
Re: matte vs gloss..I would say try to match the other black body pieces, so matte migh look odd if everything else if gloss black.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ul1jqnowtg...02.58.png?dl=0
Re: matte vs gloss..I would say try to match the other black body pieces, so matte migh look odd if everything else if gloss black.
#15
I am with you.
Chrome looks like chrome. There is nothing plastic looking about our chrome.
Black plastic though is by its essence cheap. The only correct way to black out the badges is to get black chrome badges. Anything short of black chrome is just vandalizing your own car. It makes more sense to debadge than to cheapen the car with plastidip or a black plastic badge.
Chrome looks like chrome. There is nothing plastic looking about our chrome.
Black plastic though is by its essence cheap. The only correct way to black out the badges is to get black chrome badges. Anything short of black chrome is just vandalizing your own car. It makes more sense to debadge than to cheapen the car with plastidip or a black plastic badge.
#16
There's no difference at all except personal preference. However, you said the plastic chrome looked "cheap," so others naturally wondered why you thought black painted plastic somehow looked less "cheap."
#17
Maybe cheap wasn't the best way to describe it. I guess I just associate chrome more naturally when applied to metal or something. And when it's plastic something about it just seems fake. Like those carbon fiber panels on the one wheel. Or even worse, cars that have plastic pieces with a carbon fiber pattern. But I still don't get how painting something is cheap, unless you have a delorean what else are you going to cover parts with?
#19
When I was deciding on whether I was going to apply something to the badges already on the car or order new ones and have them black chromed or painted, I asked the dealer about buying a new set. All of em will run you a few hundred.
I was going to have the originals removed and done but they come prebacked with 3m tape and I was concerned about having it scraped off and an aftermarket glue reapplied. And without a template or computer lining up the individual letters I wasn't confident in a persons ability to reapply them 100% perfect.
If any of those risks don't concern you as much, I'm sure someone could black chrome them for you no problem.
I was going to have the originals removed and done but they come prebacked with 3m tape and I was concerned about having it scraped off and an aftermarket glue reapplied. And without a template or computer lining up the individual letters I wasn't confident in a persons ability to reapply them 100% perfect.
If any of those risks don't concern you as much, I'm sure someone could black chrome them for you no problem.