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Old 10-15-2008, 09:32 PM
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Is vinyl lettering the way to go to fill in the back camaro letters, or is there a better way? and if vinyl is good, should I get it from afterthoughts auto?
Old 10-15-2008, 09:34 PM
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What color car is this going on? Vinyl lettering is a good way to go, cheap, you can go expensive and get the stainless steal or the pop out letters, but then your looking at $80 plus.
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its going on a Bright Red 2000, and the letters are going to be black, I just smoked all my lights and I think it will make a good change so I'm not like every other camaro.
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Well you can go with black lettering, and its your lucky day, i have a kit ill sell to you cheap if your interested, PM me.
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The black vinyl will look good on there. I had a few different colors on mine until I went with the stainless letters.
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when you get the kit, do you seriously just peel letter by letter and stick it on? and does it stay on?
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make sure you clean the inside grooves of the letters in the bumper. use alcohol and maybe try to strip the wax off. the letters will stick better if done that way, also refrain from washing or getting it wet until after they dry. i had silver in my lettering, eventually it started to peel off so i removed it and got the laser cut letters and they look awesome!
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Originally Posted by 00RedMaro
when you get the kit, do you seriously just peel letter by letter and stick it on? and does it stay on?
Yes, its that easy. You can also use a little water/soap solution to help place them. That way they will "slide" around until you have them right where you want them. Might want to order 2 sets in case you mess up a letter. I did that the first time around and had to wait on a replacement. There cheap enough to have extras on hand.



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