yeah i was thinking that too. actually, the grille isn't even black. its like a charcoal grey metallic. i did mine with semi-gloss and then clear coat and it came out awesome. not too shiny at all.

 

Why do you sand it?

 

just to get all the shiny off so the paint will stick better. i dont sand the color off or anything, just used a scotch brite pad.

 

hey guys

so i painted the front emblem on my car and the back emblem. The back looks great. I used Dupicolor Adhesion Promoter and Universal Flat Black Paint. No Clear Coat.

I know I know I should use clear coat to protect the finish. I put about 15 coats of the flat black and let it dry thouroughly. No problems and the last coat (because I ran out of paint) I used aryclic enamel flat black which is pretty durable.

After I did the front emblem and put it back on, I got the crazy idea to paint the chrome piece around the front grille as well. So i took that apart and painted it with promoter and the flat black. It looks pretty good, but I still dont know if I should go with a layer of clear coat in the front because the flat is pretty flat. Or if i should just paint over the flat with semi gloss.

Im not gonna touch the back emblem because it looks great in just flat black.

I'll post pics later if anyone wants em.

 

Nice Job. I like the look of the stock emblem myself, but you did a nice job customizing it. Doesn't have much of a "I did this myself " look to it. Great Job.

 

dang 15 coats. haha. if i were you i'd spray the "crystal clear" clear coat on it but it will be fine without it, i just prefer the look of it better. i also did the plastic chrome piece but i sanded mine first. eventhough everything is perfect on mine, i'm going to take them all off and do a few additional coats to seal the deal and never worry about it again. its been a few months and no chips, cracks, wrinkles, nothing! i'm glad you like it man!

 

Nice!!!

 

LucidBD --- where did u get that other 'tC' emblem for your grill? It looks awesome!

 

Do we really need to sand it?? If yes did you sand it much ?

 

yes, just sand a bit of the top silver layer off. It helps the new paint stick.

 

Wetsand? Meeans that I dip the front emblem in water then all wet start scraching it with the sand paper just sand it a little right?? Ill pick up the stuff probably monday sorry im a noob when painting and sanding never done that

 

yes wetsanding is wiping down the emblem during the sanding...i just wiped the emblem off with a wet cloth every once in a while and it does the trick :D

 

I am getting the stuff today ill post again when I come back If I got some questions :D

 

Sweet, post 'em up!!

 

What color is the emblem underneath the paint? Would sanding all the color off be better long term solution, since there would be no paint for rocks to chip?

 

how would you keep the scion part black if you were repainting the silver parts

 

The emblem is molded from silver plastic...the "paint" is a silver coating that makes it shine more....so unless you're looking for a flat silver emblem, it wouldn't really help...

 

Same process but reversed: Tape off the emblem, cut out the letters, and peel off the tape covering the rest of the emblem instead of the letters.

 

yea i tried that but the indention of the scion part really makes it hard. oh well guess thats the only way