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

 

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

 

^ 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.

 

shave the modlings like mentioned above but do it right


DO NOT CHROME THE MOLDINGS

 

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.

 

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

 

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

 

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.

 

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!

 

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

 

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.

 

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....

 

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!

 

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

 

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

 

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?

 

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

 

I say keep the molding how they are.

 

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?

 

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

note...not my car

 

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

 

that was exactly what i thought

 

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

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

 

you like women with shaved mold?

 

yep, definetly *****