Cool ram air hood inserts?
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Cool ram air hood inserts? The ones on my car are starting to fade. Instead of just repainting them black, I was wondering if anyone on here has done anything cool with theirs? Like maybe a custom paint job, or painted an emblem on there, or something like that. I can't decide if that would look sweet or stupid...
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Yeah, that was kinda my thought too, but I just wanted a second opinion. I'm not really into the stainless look for the inserts. Black it is...
Emblem Pros have some onyx black mirror finish stainless steel inserts that look pretty good:
http://emblempros.com/inc/sdetail/2046/19917
Other than those, I'd probably just refinish my factory ones and leave them black.
http://emblempros.com/inc/sdetail/2046/19917
Other than those, I'd probably just refinish my factory ones and leave them black.
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See, they don't look bad at all on yours (sick car by the way!), but my car is white, so I'm not sure that shiny steel inserts would look good against solid white. My original thought was to repaint them black with a white bird in the middle. I took a closer look at the inserts yesterday and realized that the honeycomb holes are bigger than I thought, so I don't think the bird would even show up anyways.
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Verdad Gallardo See, they don't look bad at all on yours (sick car by the way!), but my car is white, so I'm not sure that shiny steel inserts would look good against solid white. My original thought was to repaint them black with a white bird in the middle. I took a closer look at the inserts yesterday and realized that the honeycomb holes are bigger than I thought, so I don't think the bird would even show up anyways.
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Emblem Pros have some onyx black mirror finish stainless steel inserts that look pretty good:
http://emblempros.com/inc/sdetail/2046/19917
Other than those, I'd probably just refinish my factory ones and leave them black.
http://emblempros.com/inc/sdetail/2046/19917
Other than those, I'd probably just refinish my factory ones and leave them black.
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THANKS! Would also keep black if car is white. Mine also does this (fixed led in front plate) and no soundtrack 01badbird nitrous night purge.MOV - YouTube
I need to find someone to make me one a license plate cover like that too.
my goal is to paint mine as well as the side vents gunmetal/a dark gray. Something to just make them pop a little but not be to obscene (previous owner painted the ide ones silver and they're starting to peel) I feel the gray will be subtle enough to pop slightly from the black.
