so I have a vinyl plotter for sticker making and thought i'd see how easily i could make strips to cover the chrome and emblem. Took all of 2 minutes to cut and install. I left a ring of chrome on the emblem for two reasons, 1 vinyl doesn't conform well to rounded surfaces so as it gets more to the edge it's going to wrinkle, and 2, it still looks OK because i have the chrome rings on the fog lights.
The gloss-black vinyl blends right in w/ the paint, looks like it's supposed to be that way.
I want to see how long these stay on and then I'll probably make up a kit for people. I need to make one for the rear emblem and try the vinyl on the wheel caps. I'll get back to you!
Looks good man. I understand the "Black-out" idea, but if I ever get a Focus I'm hoping they would have a Black Ford oval I could swap with the blue one then. It makes it look like a commercial where they have to black out of remove the manufacturer of the car that is in it when it is completely covered. I also am a crazy Ford guy, so I like to have the Ford emblem showing rather than covered up. I like the idea for sure though, good execution!
I'm VERY interested in this. I de-badged the Focus and the model emblems, and I'd love to ideally have Ford logos with black backgrounds and silver or white "Ford" lettering, but would black the whole thing out (front and back logos, as well as wheel caps) if that isn't possible.
you would have to ask the op as i work for a business and this is considered copywrite infringement. we do do stuff for ourselves but are not allowed to go any further than that. if the op has his own personal cutter than im sure if you asked him nicely he would be able to help you all out.provided he had the vinyl for it
ok, so I made another quick sticker and threw it on. It's dark here and i used my phone. the top sticker is actually silver vinyl, not white so it looks better in RL. right now i have black, white, silver and blue vinyl.
I can make pretty much anything you can think up (including window stickers) however it's still a sticker (and in this case, a sticker on a sticker) so it's not going to look totally pro, at least up close.
i just threw this on quick, the # 22 is the Atomic Element number of Titanium.
I can get much more detailed than this as long as it's a smooth, two tone image (no gradients). I've made motorcycle decals for people, plenty of car stickers, reverse cutouts for glass engraving... fun stuff!
start throwing down some suggestions and/or ideas and as a group i'm sure we can come up with some cool stuff! I'm not sure of the protocol for selling on the site, i'm not a vendor but i dont want to get booted for selling in the forums.
Kinda off subject but how do ppl de-badge the emblems ? Id like to de-badge mine except for the Ford emblem on the grille. My focus is white so im not quite sure what scheme I want to go with yet. My future plans are to get black rims and dark tint so I was thinking the black emblem with the FORD being white ?
i measured up a cut for the rear now too so i have full kits now. please PM me if you're interested. Ill get back to you as soon as i can, but i am traveling next week (week of 3/5).
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