Just finish DIY the aluminum trunk strip

[pandaudi]

Wanna give thanks to AZ user: onceover for that DIY trunk strip. Here are they pics.







Edit: Oh btw, I broke one clip after the process of removing it.

~Mac

[Siggiepop]

get a pic from a distance ^ looks good

[Kengineer021.8]

How did you break the clip? If you were more careful do you think you could have removed it w/o breaking the clip (obviously you didn't try to break the clip... just wondering if with more care you could have done it w/o breaking a clip). How does it fit with the broken clip? From the pictures it still looks pretty good.

[onceover]

well done!

[pandaudi]

Well I took the strip and it was find. For some idiotic reason, I thought one of the clip was bended and decide to try and bend it back to it's original way. I put too much thumb strength and broke it.

How did you break the clip? If you were more careful do you think you could have removed it w/o breaking the clip (obviously you didn't try to break the clip... just wondering if with more care you could have done it w/o breaking a clip). How does it fit with the broken clip? From the pictures it still looks pretty good.

[chadb2434]

Looks great! Did you use plati-dip? and did you sand it?

[pandaudi]

Not plasti dip nor painting.

[SoleJeanius]

im still tryin to see what it looks like with painted lowers
looks good tho

[Kengineer021.8]

Vinyl wrapped?

Not plasti dip nor painting.

[pandaudi]

I wish I had vinyl. I would done the grills too.


Cloth tape.

[A4 Moda]

On my black car, the silver strip actually looks pretty good. I need some contrast for the rear.

On a silver car, I can't say the pics are too close.

[risc427]

I wish I had vinyl. I would done the grills too.


Cloth tape.

Based on the pictures it looks pretty good. However, won't the cloth tape absorb moisture and fade quickly in a short amount of time? (When I hear cloth tape I think of hockey tape which is pretty damn absorbent)

[mdzaudi]

Why wouldn't you just plasti-dip this? Its rediculously easy. Hell, you don't even have to sand if you don't feel like it.

[pandaudi]

I'll see if I can get a better pic. This will do for nao.

[Siggiepop]

hmm. looks pretty good. I think i have silver/unpainted lowers as well lol can't decided

[pandaudi]

If I can my red pin strip, I'll put it on the edge. Just like I did on my front grill.

[mdzaudi]

Whats the link to this DIY anyways? I know it's pretty simple and you just kinda pry it off, but i wouldn't mind seeing what the underside looks like so i can avoid breaking clips.

[Papachristou]

not for me... makes it look cheap IMO

[pandaudi]

If wonder how I broke the clip, it's on my fifth post in this topic.


Aluminum trunk strip.

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[RAVI]

i did it awhile ago on my car.. looks perfect plasti-dip ftw