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Colour coding the front honeycombe plastics?
« on: April 30, 2009, 05:15:28 pm »
Not sure if this is possible or indeed what it would look like but has anyone done this? I have a std black 5 door which i plan to get the rear lower bumper colour coded. While its in the sprayers i was wondering if the honeycombe parts could be done at the same time. The std plastics always seem to take on a greyish look and i would rather they matched the rest of the car. Any Thoughts? :driver:

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Re: Colour coding the front honeycombe plastics?
« Reply #1 on: April 30, 2009, 06:10:22 pm »
I have recently thought about getting the honeycombe sprayed gloss black, but that's because i day dream a lot and have nothing better to do with my time.  :laugh:
But anyway back on topic, it will be expensive as there is a fair bit of prep work if done correctly. And then you need to consider stone chips. if a stone hits right on the edge then i can see a chunk falling off.
Would look good though.  :happy2:

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Re: Colour coding the front honeycombe plastics?
« Reply #2 on: April 30, 2009, 06:58:58 pm »
Stone chips would be a problem i agree. Maybe the other option of carbon fibre at the front might be better.

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Re: Colour coding the front honeycombe plastics?
« Reply #3 on: April 30, 2009, 07:18:16 pm »
Stone chips would be a problem i agree. Maybe the other option of carbon fibre at the front might be better.
indeed  :happy2:

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Re: Colour coding the front honeycombe plastics?
« Reply #4 on: September 14, 2009, 12:20:48 am »
I have had the honeycomb sections colour coded gloss black and I think it looks pretty cool, it's not so obvious in the pics but looks really good in the flesh. Here's a couple of pics:






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Re: Colour coding the front honeycombe plastics?
« Reply #5 on: September 14, 2009, 12:59:59 pm »
I like the look of that.  :happy2:

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Re: Colour coding the front honeycombe plastics?
« Reply #6 on: September 14, 2009, 01:07:13 pm »
+1  :happy2:

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Re: Colour coding the front honeycombe plastics?
« Reply #7 on: September 14, 2009, 01:20:37 pm »
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I'm afraid that I think it would look awful. I think you might just about get away with a gloss black but the glossy black grill on the Mk6 GTI looks very bling in the flesh (IMO).

EDIT: Can't really see what yours looks like from the pics, k6kny.

I've seen pics of it done chrome - Guess where! U S of A of course. It looked worse than awful in my opinion.

I think I put Back-To-Black on mine some time ago and now it remains black no matter what gets thrown at it.

ETTO :smiley:

Your post makes no sense at all. you think it looks awful but the next sentence you say he may get away with it, then you compare it to chrome  :stupid:
 

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Re: Colour coding the front honeycombe plastics?
« Reply #8 on: September 14, 2009, 01:33:47 pm »
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I'm afraid that I think it would look awful. I think you might just about get away with a gloss black but the glossy black grill on the Mk6 GTI looks very bling in the flesh (IMO).

EDIT: Can't really see what yours looks like from the pics, k6kny.

I've seen pics of it done chrome - Guess where! U S of A of course. It looked worse than awful in my opinion.

I think I put Back-To-Black on mine some time ago and now it remains black no matter what gets thrown at it.

ETTO :smiley:

Your post makes no sense at all. you think it looks awful but the next sentence you say he may get away with it, then you compare it to chrome  :stupid:
 

....I missed the fact that the OP said his car was black and so was expressing my opinion that a coloured grill would look awful as would a chromed one.

I'll remove my post as it's confusing. :smiley:


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Re: Colour coding the front honeycombe plastics?
« Reply #9 on: September 14, 2009, 01:36:00 pm »
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Can't really see what yours looks like from the pics, k6kny.

IF in gloss black, I think it's the kind of mod which is best judged in the flesh as far as my opinion is concerned.


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Re: Colour coding the front honeycombe plastics?
« Reply #10 on: September 15, 2009, 10:25:37 pm »
The upper grille is gloss black but the lower one isn't, which doesn't look as nice. The mk6 grille looks lush in gloss black.

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