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09-20-13, 09:36 AM

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Did mine also, 3-4 coats, 20min to dry, think it came out great. Probably one of the easiest DIY things you can do to your car.

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09-20-13, 12:41 PM

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i did mine last weekend as well
there seemed to be plenty of room on the white car/black emblem bandwagon, so i hopped on it

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09-21-13, 07:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Shervin350

never seen anyone do a clear on our grill so here it goes
first is a before the rest after

That actually looks really good. I was thinking of black chrome emblems for my 3IS, but i just might go with the clear plasti dip instead. I do like brushed aluminium.

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09-21-13, 07:27 AM

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Or perhaps smoke + glossifier? That should make a dark chrome look.

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10-31-13, 10:54 AM

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Got to try this mod...

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11-28-13, 07:02 PM

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Another DIY Fully Blacked Out....

This is my first post here at ClubLexus. I just recently purchased my 11 IS250. It replaced my 93 E36 Mis. So here goes nothing... Here are some pics of the process. If I can give any advice take your time and do not rush it. Once you are done and are about to peel take a very very sharp razor blade and trace around piece it will make it a breeze to end up with something that you will be proud of!!!

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01-28-14, 09:32 PM

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Nice work! Looks great!

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02-16-14, 10:27 PM

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Did Mine Today

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Next week painting calipers black with Lexus decals (Not using plastidip for that obviously lol)

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02-17-14, 05:04 AM

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Nice job.. I did the same to mine holds up nicely

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02-17-14, 06:55 AM

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looking good dj

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02-17-14, 09:20 AM

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What bothers me about plastidip is the texture. I did my emblems with a paint tint (tamiya) and gloss. Not as easily reversible but much better results IMO...

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02-17-14, 06:21 PM

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What bothers me about plastidip is the texture. I did my emblems with a paint tint (tamiya) and gloss. Not as easily reversible but much better results IMO...

That looks a million times better. Nice job.

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03-02-14, 05:19 PM

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This is dope! I have a smokey Granite Mica that I think would look nice with tints and matte black emblems, thanks for sharing! Will have to try this out!

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03-02-14, 05:28 PM

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I did mine today and added two coats of silver metalizer over the matte black. Wanted to do something different than the plain matte black everyone seams to be doing. It made a huge difference and looks great with the SFP!