Did a few little mods today with help from my brother-in-law.
First one was taking the amber-colored side markers & spraying them with Plastidip Black Spray.
In the pic above, they look shiny but they dry a nice MATTE BLACK.
This is what they looked like before:
And here they are after:
I really, REALLY, like how these came out. I know a lot of people color match the side markers, but since I got the black & white theme going, this way was a better option for me.
The other mod for today was brushing the front & rear VW emblem, and the front GTI badge.
Here is what they looked like before:
My brother-in-law and I used a sand sponge to do the job. The key in this is to go side-to-side in a motion so that the brush lines are all in the same direction. The emblems are beveled so I only brushed the fronts of the emblems and left the beveled sides as nice chrome accents.
Here is what they look like after:
The rear VW emblem is NOT EASY to take off at all. It's easy to pry the bottom off, but the top is not that easy because putting pressure on it causes the whole thing to flip in for the hatch to open. If you put enough pressure on the bottom portion, the top comes out just enough for you to slip a thin flathead, or wedge in there to pop the top portion off.
My advice is to use something plastic, if you notice in the top left corner below, I chipped the paint with the side of the screwdriver. I was pretty pissed at myself but nothing I can do about it now. I went to the dealership right after and picked up some touchup paint but as you can imagine, it doesn't look that good. I'm gonna research places that do paint-chip repair. Any suggestions?
The GTI badge was really not that easy to take off, so instead of breaking clips, we removed the entire front grill and I carefully brushed the GTI badge while it was still attached to the grill.
That was it for today. I'm putting money aside for the bigger mods that will be coming up, first of which will be, Suspension & Exhaust. Until then, I've been gettin' these little DIY mods out of the way. Enjoy!