thelionsden

Since I found out how to remove the valance the other day thanks to S6Express in that other thread, I decided to join the satin black valance club. I was going to have mine painted and the body shop thought the rear bumper needed to be removed (not).

Then I thought I might use plasti-dip. I was at the PPG paint store yesterday where I buy a lot of detailing supplies and he told me about a new product from Duplicolor that is like plastidip so I bought a can.






I did some test samples on some aluminum strips. Tried some black trim paint (didn't look good so I didn't include it in the pic, plus it is too permanent) some plastidip, and some of the new Duplicolor. Here are the samples, plastidip on the left, duplicolor on the right:







I thought the duplicolor product looked smoother, with less cheesy glare, a real nice carbon black finish, so I decided to use that. Came out good, and I like the fact that I can take it off easy if I want to put the car back to stock. Sometimes I feel like I shouldn't be changing such an expensive car!

Anyway, I got done late and it was pretty dark, but I snapped a few pics. I finally figured out why I put those diamond black tips on that AWE exhaust! I had been waiting for this matte black valance! I love this! It makes it all come together...They just didn't look right next to that grey on the black car...








Here is a few in the daytime:

HyperS4

Very nice!

///M Traitor

Oh you fancy huh! Looks awesome, nice work

thelionsden

Haha.. THanks doods, its coming together slowly. My "I can't leave well enough alone" philosophy (that seems to escalate after lurking around on these forums!) sometimes pays off

thelionsden

Here is a pic of the original finish for comparison