black fangs with 3M Tape?

1son2rue · 07-15-2010, 03:34 PM

Looks clean on the pictures. The matte 3M tape looks good.
Do you see a different to painted front fangs? I think the fangs completely in black looks nice and give the 370z an aggressive look. But its really a matter of taste. I didnt wanna do it by myself.
I will give it to a professional Caption Company.

Nice done!

Greets

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Originally Posted by frankster

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I decided to use matte 3M tape, because if Im fed up one day with the color, I can just rip the tape off and use another one...or leave it as it is.
Both parts together, front and rear, did cost 100,- Euro, thats about 130-140 dollars, I guess.

The front was the most diffcult job, because I didnt want to break the lines from front to back (front to headlights, to bonnet, to doors, to rear) - hope you can imagine what i mean.
Taping the fangs in black completely does not look good, because it lacks contours - its just one big black hole. Very poor, imho - but a matter of taste.

Cleaning is very easy, just wash and dry, done.

frankster · 07-16-2010, 08:03 AM

Thanks, glad you like it.

No, there's no difference to painted fangs. You can't recognize the color as tape if you don't know it - or touch the borders with your fingers (small obstacle).
Tapeing it yourself would be a very hard job indeed, painting is much easier and satisfaction with the result is almost guaranteed - not so if you're tapeing it, because you definately got to know what you're doing.
It took the pros about 2,5 hours for front and rear to finish the job!

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frankster Base Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Germany Posts: 46 Drives: 370Z '09 M/SP/T Rep Power: 17	Thanks, glad you like it. No, there's no difference to painted fangs. You can't recognize the color as tape if you don't know it - or touch the borders with your fingers (small obstacle). Tapeing it yourself would be a very hard job indeed, painting is much easier and satisfaction with the result is almost guaranteed - not so if you're tapeing it, because you definately got to know what you're doing. It took the pros about 2,5 hours for front and rear to finish the job!