Change color of Chevy bowtie for under $10

[wingman]

Shoosh LOL My Harley can hear you ! And We LOVE THE CHROME !! LOL

LMAO! I lied, I dont hate it, chrome is awesome on harleys and older cars, I am just not fond of chrome on my newer cars. My CB900F SS has a little chrome on it.!

 

[Danny5]

I was thinking of using vinyl to change the gold in the bowtie badge to white to match the paint color of my soon-to-arrive (any day now...) white LTZ turbo hatchback.

I did a quick photoshop mockup of how this would look, and I think it is the cleanest way to go.

Any thoughts?

Red Xs are pretty clean.

PS: You need to load your image to a *public* location.

 

[doreo]

i really like this idea i got the stuff and i got to say it looks sharp, far better then i would have done with a can of paint. thanks for the idea.

 

[BoG233]

I saw they had a metallic blue vinyl that would look cool I think imho

 

[ChevyST_12]

Thanks for the inspiration, man. Just ordered some red to do my bowties, and some black for my wife's black '11 Impala's logos too!

so whats the website everyone ordered the stuff from. is it the ebay thing the one guy posted earlier???? and post pictures of this red one you picked up

 

[Danny5]

I used Amazon

 

[ChevyST_12]

oh cool thanks man haha now it is easy to remove if i wanted to change the color??? and has anyone thought about tinting the tail lights or VHT them!!!

 

[Danny5]

As easy as removing a sticker. A little heat (hair dryer) and a fingernail, and poof, color is gone.

I thought about it, but I am not a fan of blacking out lights. I like them brighter, like LEDs. I may go that route.

Now my wife, OTOH, she murdered out her Camaro. It's ok, but it's hard to drive a night.

 

[ChevyST_12]

As easy as removing a sticker. A little heat (hair dryer) and a fingernail, and poof, color is gone.

I thought about it, but I am not a fan of blacking out lights. I like them brighter, like LEDs. I may go that route.

Now my wife, OTOH, she murdered out her Camaro. It's ok, but it's hard to drive a night.

haha i had my cobalt murdered out also... blacked out i dont do the hedlights i just do a really small amt of tint on them not to dark on the tails haha but the raised tail lights make it harder..

 

[doreo]

so i did more with this idea. i changed the color of the door handles on the inside from that nasty chrome, also with the 1.8 gear selector i changed the silver and the front and steering wheel bowties. i thought the front one would be a pain cause it looked textured but its smooth so easy as pie. here are a few pics

 

[doreo]

Added new photos ^^

 

[SereneDroid]

I hated the gold, but wasn't a fan of the black badge on red. I think it looks great on white and my brother will be doing it to his Camaro. I chose to order a huge roll of chrome vinyl. Not quite as smooth as chromed plastic, but looks great from 3+ ft. Now to figure out the steering wheel badge glare.

 

[Gee Whiz]

That looks sick!

 

[Crunch]

Did mine in carbon fiber.

 

[ICARO]

I love it, most likely do the same. I've seen on Ebay as a vinyl very well priced.

I have also seen a shaded area for windows as it is expensive but it seems of good quality, then you put the link so that you see

Question to Doreo:
Have you also applied black vinyl on the rear drivers? in the photo so it seems

 

[doreo]

the only thing on the outside that ive changed from stock is the bow ties, sonic lettering, tint and a few random vinyl pieces that i keep sticking around when i try to clean them off lol, not sure what u mean rear drivers

 

[rjsonicLT]

Thinking about doing carbon fiber on my black hatchback, anyone have any pics of that...?

 

[doreo]

cant say i do, i like one pic i saw of a flag but im not to fond of the whole carbon fiber wrap thing. but hey do it right and it will look good

 

[rjsonicLT]

awesome, ya i ordered both so i will just wait and see

 

[ICARO]

the only thing on the outside that ive changed from stock is the bow ties, sonic lettering, tint and a few random vinyl pieces that i keep sticking around when i try to clean them off lol, not sure what u mean rear drivers

Sorry, meant "tail lights" it seems you are applied vinyl varnish or similar