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Old 05-12-11, 04:03 PM
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So I've had my 430 for about 6 weeks now and I have been really happy with it, except for the horrible gold emblems on a black car with chrome.....great idea right

So I finally decided on a color to paint them cus I wasn't down with the $200 for new ones in the onyx. Well see how House of Kolor treats them Ill keep y'all updated with pics.

Sanded but not preped yet

Old 05-12-11, 06:23 PM
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Cool, can't wait for the final result. Please post DIY soon. I want to doi the same
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Whats the plan Stan??????
You gonna blast some Kandy paint on these shiny bits?
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Well, i got gold emblems on a onyx too. And i found a OEM set for 21$ all brand new with stickers on them. Found it on ebay, won the bid. wassuuuuuuppp haha lucky mee! Ill spot up pics this week too.
Old 05-12-11, 06:57 PM
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what did you use to sand the emblems? and did it work ok or was it a pain?
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nice! like to see how they come out, i had mine painted satin black, came out good, definitely better than chrome imo
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What color did you decide on?
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Planning on a DIY when I'm done for sure. Grats on that killer ebay score deja, gota love those! May paint them tomorrow, depends on temp, going for a dark metallic pearl color. Well see how it turns out.
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picked up my gs last week! Thinking about painting mine too.
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OH YEAH forgot to say, i got chrome emblems for the gs... PM me if u want em. Cant wait on the DIY though, i got other stuff similar to emblems i want to paint.
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I got a chrome set also.
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Paint my once with plasti paint no sanding just wipe clean and spray and came out semi gloss to match the grill and when I get bored peel it off no biggie... Also I've tested on other part(paint balll hopper)you use it as. Semi primer then paint what ever color of your choose then again when your......well you get the picture.lol can wait for your result too hurry
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black pearl emblems on a blavk onyx = win
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Can't wait how this turns out. I have a black pearl I want to re-paint. From my front grille. It's a little chipped but i want it to look like new. Post pics soon.
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i wanna see how this comes out


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