BossDawg

It's been a while since someone has posted anything in here so I thought I'd throw this out. Do you think this affordable mod would look good on an Alloy with 18" polished bullitts, or do you think it will be too much?

Thanks,

Rapture

Your Alloy looks blue

BossDawg

Thanks Rapture That was meant to be an example

Cheese302

i think it looks great. lighter cars (read: white) not so much but darker colors looks nice

sound wave

what is that, like a $10 mod? i say go for it and if you don't like it, then you haven't lost much. i think it will probably look good...

oh and post pics if you do it, so i can save the $10 in case it doesn't look good. LOL.

BossDawg

Yeah, the mod is affordable. If I do it, I'm going to "dry fit" it first to make sure I'm going to like how it looks. I'm not sure what kind of residue would be left behind, or how big of a PITA the 3M would be if I tried to take it off.

I'll definately post pictures if I do it so the rest of you can decide if you want to drop the $10 on it.

Mackitraz

Depends on how you do it. That's actually my car in the picture and I used door trim that doesn't require adhesive. I think I used truck door trim from Advance auto, but others have used adhesive based fender chrome trim. Haven't had any issues with the door trim coming off, and it looks pretty good on a darker car.

BossDawg

Mackitraz, nice car first of all. Second, thanks for the heads up on the difference in materials. How is it held on if there is no adhesive?

PenguinGT

It depends on the theme of the car. Try and see if you like it.

Mackitraz

Thanks!

The material I used is door trim, meaning it's formed in a 'U' shape, it pinches the grill and is held on by friction. It's easier to apply with the grill off, but if you were careful with the surrounding paint it wouldn't be too hard with it on. It also has the added benefit of taking in that gap between the grill and the fascia. You shouldn't have any issues with it coming off. The only challenge at all was getting started and making sure it was all pushed on evenly, and that's cake if you start at one end and work to the other. I only put it on the surround because I didn't want to go crazy with the stuff, less is more in this case. Like I said, I think it was $5, and the package I got was for trucks so it had enough to do the whole grill.

The other approach is the fender trim which has a tab, and is pretty similar in how it looks to the welt material people use for their doors. basically it has a rope-y side and a flat side. The flat gets pinched into where you want it and attached with adhesive, and the chrome bead sits outside looking good.

I've had nothing but compliments so far. And it's super easy if you ever want it gone, and dirt cheap if it ever gets damaged.

BossDawg

Thanks again for the helpful info. I haven't needed to take my grill out yet, but I would do it for this so I didn't screw up the paint. I can't imagine it is that hard to take out or put back in. Any special tricks or suggestions I should know about?

Thanks.

Mackitraz

It was irritating getting it started, since it's pinched so close, but once you do that just keep running your fingers on the spot that's starting to go on and it should be easy as pie. I just went back over it a couple of times to make sure it was all pressed on. Again, MUCH easier with the grill off, and since the trim is rounded and smooth, won't hurt the paint putting the grill back in.