so i have been searching for the past 20 minutes, and have yet to find what i'm after. i want to color match my bowties, front and rear, and need some additional info to help make the decision on whether to paint or go vinyl. what kind of prep work is needed before painting the bowties? obviously i'd want to mask the car. any sanding or anything of that sort i should do? any particular type of paint? i'm thinking satin black Krylon Fusion, made for plastic (apparently bonds to the molecules of the plastic or something like that). are there any pros/cons to going paint or vinyl? if i go vinyl, what is the best place to get them at, and do they cover the gold part totally, like wrapping down over the edges and everything? sorry, more questions than i thought, but they kept coming into my head once i started typing.

thanks in advance!

 

Hey Bro,

Todd ( UMA ) from our Socal Crew has done a lot of bowtie paints. He did mine front and rear. PM him and Im sure he will pass along the info. Say, you ARE going to the Burbank run this sunday arent you?

 

This was a satin grille. I now have the chrome one done like this.

 

I used duplicolor silver and black, sanded lightly with 800, sprayed with adhesion promoter and then paint, had clear but chose not to in case I didnt like what I did. Turns out I didn't need it, looks good enough for now as I am changing grilles anyway.

 

thanks for the advice guys. as for the burbank run, i'd love to make it, but i work graveyard shift, midnight to 8, and i work through the weekend i will try my best to make a meet soon. i would really like to meet my fellow HHR enthusiasts. any chance of a meet in the near future being a little further north? maybe closer to the Ventura vicinity? that's only a 1 1/2 hour drive for me...if not, i might have to take a vacation day one of these times lol.

 

ya know...i can't seem to find his actual user name for the life of me lol. what is it again? i tried looking up anything starting with Todd in the members list and didn't find it there, so i went through all kinds of posts all over, kida shotgunned the forums and still can't find it.

Todd, if you happen to see this before i figure out your user name, PM me with some advice on painting the bowties? please and thanks!

 

Try this thread.

https://www.chevyhhr.net/forums/appearance-modifications-discussions-6/add-little-paint-4912/

 

UMA is his user name.

 

thanks lol.

Deb, saw that thread, lots of good info, thanks for bringing it in here, quicker reference lol.

 

Yonash at this moment a couple of us are thinking about going to Solvang for the Aug.23rd Wheels and Windmills Car Show.