ok well now that I've got the spray painting bug. I'm doing the next step today.

here is a shot of before I get started



and here is a pic after I removed the emblems.




right now I'm scaping the glue out of theback of the emblems and getting ready to sand with 300 grit sand paper, and then prime them. I looked for etching primer, but they didn't have any in stock. I went to three stores. So I'm just going to use regular sandable primer.

 

awesome man. im interested in this of course! i just started that poll thread with the possibility of this in mind

 

glad to be your guinnea (sp?) pig

 

I haven't done it yet .. but anyone got any good suggestions for taking the glue off the truck

 

ok the glue is off on the back. I also placed the first coat of primer on. looks good.

 

ok for anyone that wanted to see what it looks like naked

 

I forgot to pick up some glue .. so I'm going to go pick some up now. It has two coats of primer, two coats of paint, and the first coat of enamal. This little project should be done in an hour.

 

pics? pics?

 

I know I know .. camera is not working .. it takes pic, but it won't put in on the computer .. will have it up soon as soon as I figure this out.

 

I looked at some of the black emblems that the offer on the 04 Camry SE, and I was suprised that they are spray painted!

After I saw that, I am seriously thinking of doing Bob's poor man's black pearl emblem mod this weekend while the wife is out of town.

 

What are you using to reattach them to the gate? I switched from gold to chrome, but have been told to use double tape, emblem adhesive or some other adhesive I never heard of and can't remember now. Don't want to use anything that might hurt the finish if I mess up!