Emblem painting on a Black Z

twinturbonet · 06-13-2012, 10:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Osiris

My search did not quite reveal the answer i was looking for. So, long story short, both my front and rear bumpers will be getting replaced. The new ones have to be painted, so i was thinking now is a good time to paint my emblems.

My quandary is whether or not i should have the body shop just paint the emblems magnetic black along with the bumper, or should i see if they can do the hyper black (black pearl) like these ones sold on the z store? I don't want to plastidip them because that is a flat black and would most likely look bad on what is basically a gloss black car.

so, paint emblems magnetic black or hyper black?

Does anyone happen to have an example pic of either of these on a magnetic black z?

Just an FYI, Plasti-dip has a glossifier can. Gloss as much as you want.

Edit: Color matching is nice though!! Just saw the pics.

Osiris · 06-13-2012, 11:02 PM

thanks guys...i think i'll ask the body shop if they can do the black pearl, if not, then i'll just have them paint it the same as the bumpers.

TenaciousZ · 06-14-2012, 08:24 AM

IMO this is the perfect time to shave the emblems all together.

The body shop can likely fill in the gaps before painting for pretty cheap since they are going to paint the whole bumper anyway.

They only reason I haven't done mine is because I would have to spend the money to repaint the bumpers, but since you're already stuck doing that, might as well.

This may not be the look you're going for, but it sounded like a good opportunity to me.

Osiris · 06-14-2012, 09:52 AM

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Originally Posted by BigPoppa

IMO this is the perfect time to shave the emblems all together.

The body shop can likely fill in the gaps before painting for pretty cheap since they are going to paint the whole bumper anyway.

They only reason I haven't done mine is because I would have to spend the money to repaint the bumpers, but since you're already stuck doing that, might as well.

This may not be the look you're going for, but it sounded like a good opportunity to me.

That is true, would be easy for them to do it. I thought about this option, but decided to keep the emblems but painted black.

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TenaciousZ Base Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Kansas City Posts: 160 Drives: Black 09 sp/tour/nav Rep Power: 16	IMO this is the perfect time to shave the emblems all together. The body shop can likely fill in the gaps before painting for pretty cheap since they are going to paint the whole bumper anyway. They only reason I haven't done mine is because I would have to spend the money to repaint the bumpers, but since you're already stuck doing that, might as well. This may not be the look you're going for, but it sounded like a good opportunity to me. __________________ 09 370Z Black Sport/Touring/Navi Red Stitching

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