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Old Dec 8, 2012 | 07:19 PM
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Painted mirror covers

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I bought a couple mirror covers off the forum to experiment with. I wanted to get rid of some of the bling lof the chrome covers,but didn't want the mirrors to be all red.
I masked off a chrome strip on the cover and after I painted them, I put a black tape stripe on then to cover the transition line. I'm trying to keep the mods balanced out appearance wise--Black/Red and minimal bling.
I had a guy ask me the other day if it was a special edition HRR--I couldn't resist, and told him it was a Speedwagen Edition, he said OH!

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Old Dec 12, 2012 | 01:18 PM
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That looks awesome, never thought about doing that pretty cool.
Jeff;-)
Old Dec 12, 2012 | 01:20 PM
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Not a chrome guy but man I love it on your wagon! Looks really good!
Old Dec 12, 2012 | 07:32 PM
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I did the paint with rattle cans from duplicolor,and was having a hard time getting them to buff up to a shine, and was about to take them to the body shop to spray.

Then I saw a jar of metal polish on the bench,and thought I would give it a try on the paint...worked like a charm, the gloss matches the rest of the paint.

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Old Dec 13, 2012 | 09:45 AM
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looks great ! !

little bit color,
little bit chrome
all cool !
Old Dec 16, 2012 | 09:57 PM
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love the corvette badges(an an old corvette guy)
Old Dec 16, 2012 | 11:10 PM
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Originally Posted by blue car
love the corvette badges(an an old corvette guy)
same here
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