Black LT to Chrome LTZ Grille Swap
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I could not stand the gold Chevy emblem, it just was gaudy to me, nothing else was gold on the car (except on center caps of wheels)...
I got a carbon fiber kit off of ebay for $7.00 and it looks great on my gray 07 Tahoe. (the kit came with 2 pieces so I did the front and rear)
I found a similar carbon fiber sticker at a local hobby shop for $2.50 that might have worked, it was with the pinewood derby stuff... Not sure about weather-ability tho. I have some darker charcoal pearl paint I think I will airbrush on when my carbon fiber one gets tacky looking.
I got a carbon fiber kit off of ebay for $7.00 and it looks great on my gray 07 Tahoe. (the kit came with 2 pieces so I did the front and rear)
I found a similar carbon fiber sticker at a local hobby shop for $2.50 that might have worked, it was with the pinewood derby stuff... Not sure about weather-ability tho. I have some darker charcoal pearl paint I think I will airbrush on when my carbon fiber one gets tacky looking.
Well, I tried the white "carbon fiber" vinyl that I picked up on eBay and it looked horrible, so I ended up going with the billet border-less bowties on the front and rear from All Sales Manufacturing. They are p/n 96108P. I think they turned out pretty good and go with the look I'm going for. The last pic is of the vinyl. I know I did a crappy job of applying it but it was just too white to look good...
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I took some time trimming mine out, I used a piece of sharp vinyl to push it into the corners on a nice warm day... then I trimmed it out with an X-acto knife... Mine are starting to peal in the corners, but from 5' they still look decent. I think I will paint mine the next time I want to do them.
In defense of the vinyl it was cold and the quality of the vinyl I bought seemed to be pretty crappy. It was really brittle and not very flexible...
The carbon-fiber sticker stuff I got on ebay was ok, it was ok flexible, but it was in the middle of a rather cool summer, I think if I ever did it again with the sticker I would use a hair dryer or a heat gun to help it keep it's shape better.
I have some dark argent pearl paint that I used on another car that would look killer on my gray metallic Tahoe. It would be darker than the gray, so it would just set it off without being Black...
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If you're talking about the stock LT grill with the black mesh I've got some I'll sell you.
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I might be interested too if you still have the black mesh inserts, I have all chrome, and was looking at going to a chrome surround with black mesh insert.
