Got a replacement wood effect fascia off the bay for £4, then set to work rubbing it back.
It turned out i had to remove every last bit of wood effect before any paint would stick to it
which took forever. Anyway got sprayed black.Dad very skilfully turned (on a lathe, not with magic) some stainless steel into some very stylish rings, then they got glued in.
I couldn't paint the fascia with the bottom two stickers on so they had to come out, they wouldn't come out without breaking, so i had to come up with a cunning plan.
Eventually decided to make my own.
Bit of a blue peter style make, but does a very nice job.
You will need:
1x photoshop skillz
1x inkjet printer
1x laminating sheet
1x jaffa cake wrapper
Designed the new stickers in photoshop, and added a very subtle mod. The car for the left sticker is now a direct outline of my car
not the standard generic boring car shape.Printed them off and laminated both sides, then to get the orange glow when backlit, i cut up a jaffa cake wrapper (exactly the right orange
) and laminated that to the back.Shines exactly the same colour and brightness as the stock ones do, so well chuffed.
Stainless Steel Rings
Jaffacake Packet
One sticker laminated
Jaffacake packet laminated to the back of the stickers
Ring test fit (pre paint)
Rubbed down
Painted with stickers attached
Painted test fit of the rings (now glued in and fitting snug and level)
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