talking to a mate and he hinted on an idea of painting the black bits of the center of my bumper silver... not sure how it would look so looking at thoughts..... maybe even a cheeky photoshop? lol



basically i mean the center of the bumper above and below the reg plate in the shape of a triangle to follow the shape of it, including the grille in front of the radiator with the black bits of the side to be c/c in teseo blue. hope that made sense. lol

if you are going for a blue and silver theme it should look ok,dont really know through untill i see a photoshop

dont ask me how, but managed to fluke this in photoshop....

u must have just washed the car or applied the graphic with the water marks on the bump strip?

i like it,although thats abit to chromeish

suits it imo goes well with the dragon on the bonnet

EDIT: i know this will probs sound silly but i think new plates would make the front look better,just clean ones without the writting at the bottom and without thee red line

colinf1 said:

dont ask me how, but managed to fluke this in photoshop....

u must have just washed the car or applied the graphic with the water marks on the bump strip?

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yeah, kinda like that, but not the bump stips, just the middle bit. would do it the same colour as what i have done to the vents.

Fiatpuntomk2b said:

EDIT: i know this will probs sound silly but i think new plates would make the front look better,just clean ones without the writting at the bottom and without thee red line

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u read my mind. ive been wanting plain plates for ages. the mrs kicks up a stink everytime i mention it tho and tells me "why u wanna spend money on tha when they are fine as they are" lol. they just dont understand.

Haha i know,its just those little things and they do really change the look once changed

re photoshopped...


my plates are useless too, the county name is only half there, surprised the passed the NCT (MOT)..

i quite like it. something different. mrs just told me she hates it. lol.
plates look better too. lol

Possibly need some sort of Chrome plate surrounds

That'd help i think

What about the backside of the car - you going to Colour the middle Silver again there?

Ziggy

no, id c/c all the bumpstrips teseo blue. may or may not do the front silver yet. will be a summer job, but wanna get some more feedback b4 i decide.

SamuraiDragon said:

no, id c/c all the bumpstrips teseo blue. may or may not do the front silver yet. will be a summer job, but wanna get some more feedback b4 i decide.

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well im painting just the bumper strips/wingmirrors/doorhandels/rear bumper strip white then with a lightly spead blue glitter in the paint so it sparkels in the sun but thtat will be come summer time it wont be every ones cuppa Tea but ill get my abarth alloys reburbed white too so it will be blue/white theme just wont go white mad on it! haha

I like it, if i were you though, i would smooth the front bump strips and do the middle silver, and get pressed plates

I like it though buddy

just to let you know, if your gonna get more plates legally they have to have a postcode on them where you bought them. Not sure why but if you get an arse of a cop pull you over thats one thing they may pick out

TomCog said:

I like it, if i were you though, i would smooth the front bump strips and do the middle silver, and get pressed plates

I like it though buddy

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smoothing, as much as id like to is too much hassle/cost to consider.

FiatAndy said:

just to let you know, if your gonna get more plates legally they have to have a postcode on them where you bought them. Not sure why but if you get an arse of a cop pull you over thats one thing they may pick out

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it will prob end up with a halfords job if/when i get round to getting new plates.

Bling it with iron-on mylar film - super shiny chrome look.

SamuraiDragon said:

it will prob end up with a halfords job if/when i get round to getting new plates.

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It can also fail the MOT. Depends how fussy the tester is - there's no option to issue an advisory.

After all - postcodes on plates are a safety issue - Oh Yes!!

WhiteSei said:

Bling it with iron-on mylar film - super shiny chrome look.

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was that a joke?
as for failing the mot, surely if it was bought from halfords they shouldnt be an issue. as crap as they are, id assume their plates are legal?

Joke? me?

Actually I did see a show car done in a finish that looked like a mirror polish. Fine (I guess) until a fly poops on it or a tesco trolley gets too friendly.

Halfords will be fine as will any supplier they all have to do the job to the book. Choose one who can do the letters neatly - some meet the rules but dont have a clue about how the plate looks when done.

well, u do like a bit of sarcasm from time to time.
IF i was to do it, it would be the same silver as the vents... but im still not convinced im gunna do it yet. got some thinking to do.