renagade_rotary

basicly ask us if you should do this or that wuith your car

ill start it off
should i shave my antenna and side trim?

or should i chrome the trim

brakar

Whatever you do please do NOT chrome your trim, if anything get it painted to match the rest of the car.

VietFC

^ what he said and do NOT shave the moldings unless you know what the hell you're doing. I've seen so many nasty jobs it's not even funny. The worst part is trying to shave the moldings on the bumpers. The material is not very susceptible to the usual "bondo". I've seen a few jobs done very nicely, but it's rare. So... yeah.

krazykoncepts

shave the modlings like mentioned above but do it right


DO NOT CHROME THE MOLDINGS

therotaryrocket

you should put side exit exhausts, yeah baby shootin' flames at your rear tires. j/k
maybe you should just remove your side trim, it seems like it's usually falling anyway.

Tofuball

I say, dont chrome the trim. On one of my RX-7s, the previous owner did that. Ew :p

renagade_rotary

was his car jet black?
cause i was plannin on doin jet black with chrome trim

NorCal90

NO CHROME! GAH! Painting your body trim body color is nice as is a nicely done shaving of them. But for the sake of your car, no chrome. Think of the children.

RotaryEvolution

iTrader: (30)

i was going to build a sleeper but the exhaust is too restrictive so my question answered itself by mazda, these cars need straight 3" pipes front to rear!

Tofuball

You cant make a sleeper RX-7 Not unless it doesnt look like an RX-7 anymore :-p

therotaryrocket

i know right, people just expect rx-7's to be fast, which most are. but come'on man my 1985 RX-7 GS 12a...must be the exhaust leak.

RotaryEvolution

iTrader: (30)

yeah, i am used to american cars with V8s, you can force enough through restriced muffled exhaust to make them fast yet quiet. working with a 1.3L it is impossible unless you make them deafening....

vipers

iTrader: (8)

ok....im lost.... how the hell do you "chrome" plastic moulding???? it would melt during the chroming process!! unless im misunderstanding what "trim" he is talking about?!?!?! color match the moulding!

and about the antenna hole..... i did it.... looks great!! i shaved it at the wing!

RotaryEvolution

iTrader: (30)

you can chrome plate plastic, it requires a different process than chroming metals..

KompressorLOgic

iTrader: (6)

yeah like look at crome spinner hub caps! lol they are plastic cromed :P

mycarisolderthanme

shaved my antenna the other day.. f*ck commercial radio.

get some S5 moldings if you have an s4.. and color match it to the body! who gave you this chrome idea, anyway?

Turbo II

iTrader: (1)

Anyone got any pics of shaved molding, haven't seen that done.

13bpower

I say keep the molding how they are.

BklynRX7

I have an s4 with an s5 front bumper. I am going to paint the moulding to match the body rather than paint the whole of my bumper and leave the moulding black. I think if i do it like this noone would really notice that the moulding doesnt match up. Anyone with experience?

vipers

iTrader: (8)

here are a few pics of shaved mouldings....

note...not my car

rs_1101

it looks like a ***** with a windshield.

Busted-7

that was exactly what i thought

MinusHuman

....why is a fake ***** the first thing that comes to your mind?

i like the molding shaved...just like my women

rs_1101

you like women with shaved mold?

Dom_C

yep, definetly *****