Friday, June 19, 2015

Dipping wheels and emblems. Cheap way to change things up

One of my first mods was using PlastiDip to change my wheel color and black out my front and rear emblems.

Emblems were coated with matte black then glossifier.

The wheels I wanted a bronze hue and used 3 coats of matte black, 2 good coats of copper metallizer and 2 coats of glossifier. The nice thing about dipping the wheels is the color is close to brake dust color so I just hose it off and go on my way.

ghetto masking

getting those wheels off!

3 coats of black
finished product with 2 coats of copper metallizer and glossifier


Sunday, June 14, 2015

My new VW Golf R

Picked it up in June and enjoying it. It's my first VW ever. I've owned 40 cars prior and this is the first dub.





Here are some pics of my past rides. I'm very impressed with the R.














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My DIY splitter / lip for the R. Cheap mod!

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