Fabricating new Growler fog light covers....opinions
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Fabricating new Growler fog light covers....opinions
This is something I may or may not do,
But as several of us know, just a couple of years ago you could get a pair of black growler covers for your OEM Hella fog lights for 30.00. Today this is what they are going for :
http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item...d=141421622770
300.00 dollars+! Which is an abomination.
Anyway, the reason for my post is because I have several brand new identically shaped Hella fog light covers. They are , however, white and have the HELLA logo in front. I am wanting to turn these into a replica of the Jaguar covers for my personal use, and wanted to ask what you guys tought. Painting them matte black with a high quality permanent plastic paint should be simple enough as well as sanding the 3D Hella logo of , but what do you guys think I should use for the "growler" ?
Here are my options :
1-wheel badges-these could word if I can flatten them properly. I can get 4 for 10 dollars
2-small grill growler-these are a little more expensive and may be "too much"
3-decals #1 -don't really care for these too much but they are an option
4-decals #2-these look the most original. Very similar to the one in the original cover. May just be too small..
Any advise is welcome!
But as several of us know, just a couple of years ago you could get a pair of black growler covers for your OEM Hella fog lights for 30.00. Today this is what they are going for :
http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item...d=141421622770
300.00 dollars+! Which is an abomination.
Anyway, the reason for my post is because I have several brand new identically shaped Hella fog light covers. They are , however, white and have the HELLA logo in front. I am wanting to turn these into a replica of the Jaguar covers for my personal use, and wanted to ask what you guys tought. Painting them matte black with a high quality permanent plastic paint should be simple enough as well as sanding the 3D Hella logo of , but what do you guys think I should use for the "growler" ?
Here are my options :
1-wheel badges-these could word if I can flatten them properly. I can get 4 for 10 dollars
2-small grill growler-these are a little more expensive and may be "too much"
3-decals #1 -don't really care for these too much but they are an option
4-decals #2-these look the most original. Very similar to the one in the original cover. May just be too small..
Any advise is welcome!
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the first one would probably only look good if you could recess it. The second would probably be fine, since the point is that is it 3d. A sticker may look cheesy.
Personally if I were set on the growler ( I think the leaper logo or the jaguar logo would look great too) I would make a stencil and paint it in flat paint.
If you have white covers, I would paint the matte/flat black and make a stencil in semi gloo white or BRG of the growler, Jaguar logo, or leaper logo. But if you are set on the white a semi gloss black stencil over the white could look good too,
Personally if I were set on the growler ( I think the leaper logo or the jaguar logo would look great too) I would make a stencil and paint it in flat paint.
If you have white covers, I would paint the matte/flat black and make a stencil in semi gloo white or BRG of the growler, Jaguar logo, or leaper logo. But if you are set on the white a semi gloss black stencil over the white could look good too,
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