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    Veteran Member Four Rings Dr GP's Avatar
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    Where can I get vinyl strips for grille?

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    A good friend of mine just got a new S5 Cab. It came from NJ so it had holes in the grille for license plate bracket that we don't need in PA. Dealer put 4 small bumper plugs in it and it doesn't really look bad except that the entire center plastic area looks bad in itself. I showed him a picture of my previous 2014 that I blacked out the center portion with black out tape. I owe him a favor for plowing my parking lot in the winter. I figure the precut vinyl stips might be more durable. So where can I get them

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    Veteran Member Four Rings 14S4GWM's Avatar
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    I remember some guys getting real nice 3m tape that fits perfect. Can't remember where from though.
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    Veteran Member Three Rings PSUGOLD's Avatar
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    GRFX is nice but $30 for 3 strips is crazy, and if you screw one up you are done and need to buy more. $6.99 stuff is 20' long, screw up all you want!
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    Senior Member Three Rings
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    This. I used the 3M TrimBrite tape and it worked great. Takes very little trimming and looks great. Took me all of 20 minutes to do and I have enough left over to redo it two or three more times.
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    Veteran Member Four Rings
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    I used the TrimBrite tape on my stock grille and it looked OK. I was not able to get it to wrap around the 'corners' of the center plastic filler piece where it angles back toward the border of the grille.....the tape did not want to stretch in that manner. I ended up with small portions of the plastic filler piece exposed although they were small enough that the shadows cast by the horizontal bars hid them sufficiently. Someone with obsessive compulsive attention to detail may not be satisfied with the outcome, though.

    Also, after ~1.5 years with the tape applied, the black finish degraded due to winter road salt and road debris in general. The top layer of matte black flaked off in small sections, exposing a medium gray lay underneath. It looked OK from a few feet away, but up close it was a mess. I ended up swapping in a different grille, but I suppose I could have removed the tape and started over.
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    Veteran Member Four Rings Dr GP's Avatar
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    Quote Originally Posted by PSUGOLD View Post
    Already have that. Got it at Pep boys as well. Was looking for something that was more custom and possibly long lasting.

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    Veteran Member Four Rings Dr GP's Avatar
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    Quote Originally Posted by MN Blue S4 View Post
    ^^
    This. I used the 3M TrimBrite tape and it worked great. Takes very little trimming and looks great. Took me all of 20 minutes to do and I have enough left over to redo it two or three more times.
    Did that to my 2014. Only kept it a yr so I have no long term experience. I figured that I could always remove the old and re do it it if and when it deteriorated.

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    Use the leftover strips to make what is apparently the "hottest new" bikini


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    Veteran Member Three Rings
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    I applied the Grafixpressions strips a little over a year ago. I think they look amazing. Excellent fit, very easy to apply. One of them has started to flake, and they gave me a discount on another set. I was good with that.
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