Made New Aluminum Bowtie for my grill
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Made New Aluminum Bowtie for my grill
As some of you know, I painted my "bowtie" in my grill silver..which looked great, but I had some scrap aluminum laying around and thought i better get some use out of it. It almost looks the same...but you can tell it's actually aluminum because when light hits it...it kind of glows. I went with a brushed effect
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i used a 2 part epoxy to install it...and it shouldn't become loose at all. I might be able to make another..I'd have to check what I have going on..it's a busy month 
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Looks very good! Another good accent to an already awesome looking ride!
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Well, I cut the actual bowtie out in class...in december. And for the inside, I used a dremal and a small file. Very Very Fine work...took many hours to complete. I almost wish I didn't finish school yet so I could still make cool stuff with all the tools
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Yeah I was wondering how you did the inside. Your car is looking sweet.
IM a big fan of black, I cant wait to get my ss hood painted. It looks so good in black, my hood is in black primer at the moment.
IM a big fan of black, I cant wait to get my ss hood painted. It looks so good in black, my hood is in black primer at the moment.
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That looks very nice... I wonder how a blue one would look on my car
Anyway I like it a lot, nice touch.
Anyway I like it a lot, nice touch.
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That looks very nice... I wonder how a blue one would look on my car
Anyway I like it a lot, nice touch.
That looks very nice... I wonder how a blue one would look on my car
Anyway I like it a lot, nice touch.
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thanks fella's...I'll probably have some more tricks up my sleeve coming this spring 
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Re: Made New Aluminum Bowtie for my grill
Originally posted by 84customZ28
As some of you know, I painted my "bowtie" in my grill silver..which looked great, but I had some scrap aluminum laying around and thought i better get some use out of it. It almost looks the same...but you can tell it's actually aluminum because when light hits it...it kind of glows. I went with a brushed effect
As some of you know, I painted my "bowtie" in my grill silver..which looked great, but I had some scrap aluminum laying around and thought i better get some use out of it. It almost looks the same...but you can tell it's actually aluminum because when light hits it...it kind of glows. I went with a brushed effect
thats great!
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nice job. I have that on my list of things to do. Ive been meaning to do it now for a while, I just havent got down that low on my list. Its nice to see what it would look like now. What gauge material did you use.
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wow, that looks great. and i thought your car couldnt look any better! your car is the one that made me decide that i wanted an SS hood, cause they look nasty on black cars. hopefully ill be able to afford one before painting my car in the spring. keep up the good work!
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Thanks everyone!
I'm not sure what gauge I used....I just saw some scrap aluminum laying around..and thought I could use it for something
I'm not sure what gauge I used....I just saw some scrap aluminum laying around..and thought I could use it for something
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