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so, i really wanna paint the chevy emblem on the front and rear of my veo or just take it off, but from what i read it seems like there is going to be some sort of indentation or soemthing if i were to take it off. anyone happen to do it yet and find out? also, any specific kind of paint i would have to use?
paint the center of it white to match the car, and the bowtie either left chrome, do black, or pink to match your theme.
there is an indent, it would need shaved, and resprayed.
I took the front emblem off and repainted the chrome strip. There was an indentation in the middle of the chevy symbol that had to be filled in, but its not bad. I didn't use any special paint on mine, and I haven't had any issues with it so far.
ok awesome, im definitly painting mine today, what did you fill it with? and so how and what do i use to put it back on.
so also, im gunna do white center and pink chrome strip. anyone have any thoughts on me using nail polish for the chrome strip? . . . . . im not quite sure where to get a pink exactly how i want it for now, but im gunna have the guys that powder coat my rims just repaint for me with the exact colors of my rims, but for now im thinkin nail polish. . . . . someone please tell me if this is stupid or not. hah
As long as its getting re-painted later anyways, why not. My only concern was going to be the brush marks from applying nail polish. But if its getting redone, what the hell. The body shop will have a cleaner that is very similar to the acetone you use to remove nail polish anyways, so it won't be a big deal to use it temporarily to see how it looks. I used a medium weight body filler to smooth out the indentation in the middle of the strip under the Chevy symbol and used 180 grit sand paper wrapped around a stir stick to sand it down. I didn't re-attach the symbol once I took it off, the green is in the recessed outline that the symbol was glued into. Right now my symbol is painted the same color green and is attached to my tool box. You should definitely post some pics when you get done painting your nails, err, I mean emblem. :wink:
I just noticed you have the style after mine, so your emblem and grill around it is most likely different than mine. But, it should be about the same idea for painting and filling.
ohhhhh i get it now, wow sorry, before i was really confused. but i looked at your pic you did like super close up and now i get it. ok perfect. yeah this should work good. im a pro at painting nails so i should be able to rock this ****, no brush marks either!!! haha ima try. ill post pics as soon as im done. . . as long as it looks good. hahah .
Cool. Hopefully youll do better than I did with the brushing. I still have to clean up the edges where I got some paint on it. Unfortunetly, my autobody labs are entirely too short to do any good work in.
nail polished aveo... nice :P :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by VeoLicious
Alright so I ran into some problems. . . .haha well I took off the whole back emblem thinking there weren't any bolts holding it in. . .but there were. . .but my floss cut through it all some how when I heated it up. So I put this other decal thing on that was only gunna be temporary but I really like it and think I'm gunna keep it on. So then I couldn't take the front one off. Its weird, idk if its me or my veo. . . So I just kept it on and painted the whole thing pink. . . Not with nail polish haha. I'm waiting for last coat to finish drying then taking off tape and taking pics.
ok scratch that, well its done but too dark outside to take decent pics, have them up tomorrow.
im in love with my new emblem!!
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now the back emblem is another story. . ..
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so i cant decide whether or not i want to leave the limited edition emblem on the back or get a new chevy emblem ( i broke the other one) and paint it pink to and put it back on. . . . just for now i needed something to cover the holes and i found that. i kinda like it. but my boyfriend doesnt, idk what to do, opinions anyone please?
I love the pink front emblem, but honestly, I would get another Chevy symbol and paint it pink to match the front. Or see about painting the Veo lettering pink and move it to where the symbol used to be. I think that would be cool, give it a clean look that's still different than what everyone else has. Maybe a small pink pinstripe design on each side if you do move it to the middle to bring the attention to it.
haha some pink racing stripes down the middle will look pretty cool
you added a chrome license plate frame in the front too while you were at it, huh? :D
and yes, moving the VEO letters to the middle of the hatch is pretty good idea too.
looks good, i would still do the center white. but the pink definitely looks good.
Gee, I wonder why boyfriend doesn't like it? :roll:Quote:
so i cant decide whether or not i want to leave the limited edition emblem on the back or get a new chevy emblem ( i broke the other one) and paint it pink to and put it back on. . . . just for now i needed something to cover the holes and i found that. i kinda like it. but my boyfriend doesnt, idk what to do, opinions anyone please?
Maybe you could just paint the whole car pink. :shock:
Actually, it would be easier to start selling Mary Kay. If you sell enough they'll give you a pink car. :mrgreen:
Yeah that's weird you guys mention doing2 pink stripes I was thinkin tht the other day. I think it look pretty tight.
Ima leave things the way they are for now cept I definitly think ima paint the VEO pink
And btw those mary kay cars are an ugly shade of pink, ew I would never drive around in those, thank for the "great" idea tho ha ;)
<ahem> To some of us there are no non-ugly shades of pink... :bom:Quote:
Originally Posted by VeoLicious
oh gosh boo hoo. Pink is a beautiful color. And amazing accent color with white!!! And I'm goin for it
OMG! I love the pink emblem!!!! I ran into the problem with the front emblem on my 09 as well. I gave up for the time being until I have time to paint it on the car. Did you have many problems with the emblem being vertical while painting? I think the pink emblem on back would look awesome!! and I like the pinstripe idea as well. How exactly did you break the back emblem? (so i dont do the same lol)
Also, How did you black out your tail lights? I want to do that to mine too.
Again, LOVE what the pink emblem did to the look!
Use VHT NiteShades paint. It works well, otherwise the absolute best way is tinting some clear and using an actual sprayer.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kalos Princess
Take that $5 Walmart emblem off. :lol: You should get a Cobalt SS badge and paint the SS pink to cover those holes. That would be cool. I have a set of 4 silver Cobalt SS badges I just haven't gotten around to putting on yet, they're relatively cheap on eBay.Quote:
Originally Posted by VeoLicious
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Originally Posted by Kalos Princess
yeah i used the VHT niteshades paint too. i think i put about 5 or 6 coats on. and i didnt have any problem with the emblem being vertical and trying to paint it.
the way i broke it was just cause i got impatient and the center part cracked and half of it snapped off. but if yourlooking to take the back one off too , just remember there are holes in the back too. :(
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Originally Posted by Wolfman AK907
i think i decided to go with moving the veo to the center or getting a new chevy badge and painting it pink.
you guys think it would look good if i did put the veo center, if i painted those letters pink??
you know the pontiac wave does not have holes in the center of the license light cover..
straight swap and a cheap part i believe.
I didn't think about that. Touche' Rabbit.Quote:
Originally Posted by petrified.rabbit
As long as you lined them up correctly and put them on straight, I think it would look pretty clean with the Veo moved to the center. Of course I like my cars to be symetrical, if I have writing on one side, I want some on the other. Thats the only reason I took my lettering off, is because there was nothing on the other side. Damn OCD
Thumbs up on the pink bow tie. You're right - looks good on the white car.
thank you, also just got some racing stripes, i gotta take pics and put them up though, they look amazing with the pink bowtie
Are the stripes pink? :DQuote:
Originally Posted by VeoLicious
i was wondering the same thing!!??? :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Thymeclock
THE STRIPES ARE PINK!!!! hehe. go check em out on umm tht other topic. you will love them kalos princess!
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luminescent emblem.
More information can be found on the link (Russian)
http://aveo.com.ua/smf/index.php/topic,45366.0.html
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Hello Sapojnik. How much are you asking with shipping to the states? (saving hunter a little bit of time so he doesn't have to switch between the forum and google.com/translate) ;) 8)
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Hi, serega12 :D
I do not know, because do not do them. You can register on the our forum and ask through the "Private message" User The-Pers. He makes them. Also in our topic, was a link to a similar emblem from China or Korea.
Thanks.
Hey serega did you get anything back onthat emblem... Looke nice. U kno me and going crazy for anything that glows.
:P Maniac :PQuote:
Originally Posted by EvySpeedy254
Special for you:
Also The-Pers make:
http://aveo.com.ua/smf/index.php/topic, ... msg1274979
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And job of Greh (?????):
Illuminated letters on the plastic of door.
http://aveo.com.ua/smf/index.php/topic,137574.25.html
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And highlight http://aveo.com.ua/smf/index.php/topic,47043.550.html
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ahhhhhh o my gosh i looooooooove it!! hahaha i was always a street glow fan but dnt want to over do it but this is awesome!!! you got me with the aveo glow too!!! aaaahhhh hahaha where do i purchase...im going to cash my paycheck right now!!