Mad Dhan

Here are the pics of the blacked out door handles, makes the car look really clean imo

http://mail.roadfly.com/Session/1013...himal_0001.jpg

http://mail.roadfly.com/Session/1013...himal_0002.jpg

all for $6, no complaints here as far as quality goes.

BlackMax97

Looks nice. What did you use to do it?

tifosiv122

iTrader: (2)

Good job, but I like the chrome.

Erik

KCTYPHOON

now all ya need to do is black out the chrome moldings

TintDaMax

Dood, i like my chrome door handles. Why make your car look like a GXE?

DPW

mzmtg

iTrader: (11)

GXEs have chrome handles. It's the SEs that dont...

Greddy97

looks sweet, howd u do it?

ptatohed

iTrader: (12)

Good man! Welcome to the club - one of the first things I had done. I agree, you need to kill the window trim chrome. If you plan to take it off first, e-mail me for directions.

TintDaMax

My bad

DPW

Mad Dhan

it is just viynal , the same type of stuff you see on cars with stickers(usually white). you can buy a small piece in any colr as long as its not a special color. All you have to do is peel off the backing, stick it on, cut away the excess and fold over the rest and your done. Can be done in about 10 min or less, looks awsome too

NickStam

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if i ever do it, i think i'll just but the handles from a yard.

Mad Dhan

why? this only cost $6 for me to do this? are the photos not convincing enough? I can tell you that it is not that noticable, especially to people who are not looking at it.

NickStam

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i'm kinda **** about how my car looks. I think putting vinyl over the handles is kinda cheezey. but that's me. might as well do it right, IMO.

96MAXIMAGXE

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looks really good. i was going to do that i bought a pair of gray door handles and was going to have them painted black. but then i changed my mind because they go with my rims and it would be a pain in the *** if i had to paint the window molding also. too much work.

NYCe MaXiMa

iTrader: (9)

hehe

i see you followed my advice

Where did you get the vinyl from?


I put carbon fiber vinyl on mine... I will either paint the chrome window trim black like kctyphoon or use vinyl on that as well. The chrome sucks ***, I already painted my chrome GXE grille black. Looks so much better.

black019

chrome is good...

Altimat

Here's what you all need for the window moldings:

http://www.racesearch.com/CGImp/mhp?...go.x=20&go.y=5

NYCe MaXiMa

iTrader: (9)

Hey, that thing sounds real cool, I'll probably try it out...
I have a question, did you try this on your car? Do you know how thick it is?

It sounds good, I'll order some

nismo2020

iTrader: (1)

it really stands out. if i had chrome rims then it would really match. i seen a Cefireo(sp?) with chrome side mirrors. thats nice.

Mad Dhan

thats exactly why i took them off, as for the trim i have not fully decided on that as of yet. I kinda like how it defines the windows, I have a black car with tint, so if i were to black the trim out i would lose that cockpit type look. On the other hand, im am also curios how it would look blacked out. I think ill leave the trim alone right now. I want to get some sway bars first or wheels.

Altimat

Found the stuff in another forum and haven't ordered it yet. I assume it's very thin.

KCTYPHOON

<--- killed the chrome..

KCTYPHOON

heres a pic.. blacked out moldings with chrome handles..

Delusions

Man, that looks real good! How did you do that? Painted?

NickStam

iTrader: (3)

i hope you didn't just use spray paint.

RastaManMax

iTrader: (5)

How much $$$ would it be to just get the OEM handles and black window trim anyways? Would it not look better/last longer too? I don't have the nerves to do the tape job cause i'm too much of a perfectionist

Mad Dhan

Heh, im too much of a cheapo to spend money on painting handles

You can hardly tell the differnece, my friend thought i painted them before i told him.

ptatohed

iTrader: (12)

You don't want to know, trust me. It hurt, it really hurt.

hlh0501

iTrader: (1)

I have black on my 95 maxSE... if there is a way to trade or something, someone who has it, let me know ! I want that chrome!

KCTYPHOON

ummm.. bulldog adesion promoter, and flat black bumper and trim paint (flexible). its been on there for a long time now. mabye close to a year and doesnt have one chip in it. and to whoever said that they would never paint it cause there too much of a perfectionist, i take that as an insult. my painted moldings look as good if not better than your stock ones, and anyone that has seen my car can testify to that. you can look at it under a magnifing (spelling?) glass and wont find an imperfection.. if you think you'd have better results swaping your chrome moldings for black ones, have fun puttin 'em back on

Altimat

Painting is ABSOLUTELY the best way to do the job, but it takes precise masking, proper preparation, and the right products. Congrats on a beautiful job KC! What exactly did you use?

KCTYPHOON

bulldog adhesion promoter, and plasti-kote flexible bumper and trim paint, flat black. i did about 4 coats of the promotor, and mabye 7 light coats of black using a heat gun to dry in between coats.. here's a close up of the tape job.. and oh yea.. word of adice to anyone thinkin of trying this.. spend the extra money for the blue painters masking tape. your all ready saving the money not having to buy all new moldings, so spend the 4 bucks on the roll or have fun gettin all the glue off your car

MAXIMAMA

i have a lakeshore blue 99 gxe. what do you recommend i use to cover the chrome? money is no object. i just don't want it to look sloppy especially when you are up close.

hlh0501

iTrader: (1)

and swapped for the black like I have ? b/c I want the chrome window trim bad !

SuDZ

Yeah I think that it looks real nice too. I would consider doing it on my SE.

SuDZ

Mad Dhan

hmm, im not sure. I have black so it was easy to find my colr. Im still sorta new here so i dont know what lakshore blue looks like, dark blue? They do have that color in the viynal.
Check ap-signworks.com for the color. If money is no object why not just get them painted? The bad part is getting them painted means that nics and scratchs will be abound there. The viyanl is cheap and does not scratch. Plus yuu can do it yourslef in like 15 min max. i attached a pic

MAXIMAMA

NICE PIX. MAYBE THE VINYL WOULD BE BEST. WHERE DID YOU GET IT? OH, LAKESHORE BLUE IS A MIXTURE OF GREY AND BLUE.

Mad Dhan

Here is a vinyl website that sell a bunch of colors. Im sure youll see your color here or somehting close to it.

http://www.prismvinyl.com/colors.html

ptatohed

iTrader: (12)

Of course! Just PLEASE e-mail me before attempting this yourself. That way I can give you step by step by step and you can learn from my mistakes! Wow, I sure wish I knew you before I blew a wad on mine. I would have traded in a second. Good luck.

max99

I'm stuck with the same dilema and I dont want to get the wrong color. I have a laksehore blue max and would at least like to see if I like having the chrome taken off but might have problems finding my color. Has anyone on here with my color of max done this yet?


Max99