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Got a set of carbon fiber vinyl precut bow-ties off ebay. $10 for 2 but they sent me 4 of them. They're not exactly perfect. I had to trim a little bit off couple edges. They're good, not great. Gonna keep on and see how they hold up but I may still paint them matte black. We'll see...

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Dirtbiker Enthusiast

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I buy rolls of vinyl from Canadian Tire ( sort of like a Pep Boys) that looks just like that. About $15.00 per roll of 6 feet. It lasts about 2 years if you are careful not to blast it with a pressure washer and use a heat gun to warm it up after putting it on. If it gets damaged just peel it off and reapply. Took a few tries the first time to cut it wide enough to cover all the gold but I have figured it out now. A lot cheaper than the factory black ones. 

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Well these did not hold up well after just a couple days. Probably cheap vinyl. I'm gonna hit them with a little self etching primer and then matte black paint. My Ram badges were painted and lasted years with no signs of wear even after several trips thru the quick wash.

MNorby Enthusiast

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I plastidip'd my grill bowtie. Has lasted over a year and I just wash like normal over it. 

MikeLee661 Enthusiast

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On 10/30/2018 at 3:44 AM, DougFL said:

I did mine using Outdoor Black Vinyl.  So far so good!

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That looks good man, I've been on the search for the image to make one myself. I need one to scale so I can use my gf's cricut vinyl cutter lol. If not the good ol razor blade I guess.

DougFL Enthusiast

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8 minutes ago, MikeLee661 said:

 

 

That looks good man, I've been on the search for the image to make one myself. I need one to scale so I can use my gf's cricut vinyl cutter lol. If not the good ol razor blade I guess.

Thanks, we tried making a templet for the wife's Cricut, but could not get it exact after a number of tries!  I just cut a rectangular piece of vinly a little larger than the outside bowtie dimensions and worked it into the corners from the top down and trimmed the excess off with a scaple.

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16 minutes ago, DougFL said:

Thanks, we tried making a templet for the wife's Cricut, but could not get it exact after a number of tries!  I just cut a rectangular piece of vinly a little larger than the outside bowtie dimensions and worked it into the corners from the top down and trimmed the excess off with a scaple.

Well good to know haha I was about to go through the same trouble on making a template.

I think i am going to try a silver vinyl like my photoshop below for a bit, might just go back to black though like yours.

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Black02Silverado Senior Enthusiast

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I got black reflective vinyl from eBay and did the Bow ties on my Camaro when I had it, my Cruze  and my daughters Cruze.  It looks good and when the headlights hit it then it reflects back and I like the way it looks.

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11 minutes ago, MikeLee661 said:

Well good to know haha I was about to go through the same trouble on making a template.

I think i am going to try a silver vinyl like my photoshop below for a bit, might just go back to black though like yours.

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On my Silver 2016, I installed the stainless bowtie and it looked good.

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