Don't Hate Me

"Frenchlicker" (frenchlicker) 05/23/2015 at 22:28 • Filed to: None

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Let’s start off with this: I believe cars are meant for personal expressions in whichever way a person may choose to do so. The way I go about this is by trying things on my car that I’ve never done before.. To date that includes numerous repairs, seeing if Walmart glow in the dark paint will work on a car(technically yes but it isn’t noticeable except for the greenish white color), some duplicator metalspeck paint(worked surprisingly well, I would recommend it), bright green vinyl wrap(this and the other stuff is on the taurus side molding), installing a new deckled(with SHO wing), bright green calipers on the front of my car and now this. The beautiful 1998 Ford Taurus SE is receiving matte Sublime Green go faster stripes. I want people to have the same response to my car as they do me, look say what the hell shake their head and walk away.

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No matter how horrible they look to you guys they look at least 10x worse in person. I will be leaving them on for at least a week. Class up the last day of Senior PGA action in town.

BaconSandwich is tasty. > Frenchlicker 05/23/2015 at 22:32

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For glow in the dark stuff, you should check to strontium aluminate. It supposedly glows amazingly well.

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > Frenchlicker 05/23/2015 at 22:34

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And then we discover that you’re really just a nice guy right? :)

Xyl0c41n3 > Frenchlicker 05/23/2015 at 22:35

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Lime green brake calipers actually sounds kinda cool. And isn’t an out-there idea.

You do you, dude.

Horkin' Up Dangle Hams > Frenchlicker 05/23/2015 at 22:52

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The older I get, the more I say, “Screw it, do whatever you want to your car if it makes you happy and doesn’t endanger the lives of others.”

So to you, sir, I say, paint that son of a bitch as green as your heart desires. I will, as instructed, look, say what the hell, shake my head and walk away. But I won’t stop you.

swansong, rockin' the wagons > Frenchlicker 05/23/2015 at 23:02

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Or just use plastidip and get the look you want without sacrificing what’s underneath. Check out what the dipyourcar.com guys have been doing lately, it’s frankly amazing some of the finishes they can achieve.

Frenchlicker > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh 05/23/2015 at 23:08

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For the most part. I'm only an asshole at times to people I know. Never randoms. Come on, I'm customizing a Taurus.

Frenchlicker > BaconSandwich is tasty. 05/23/2015 at 23:09

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I looked into a few different things. They were all at price points where I would have to be serious about doing it instead of just thinking “Hey, that seems cool.”

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > Frenchlicker 05/23/2015 at 23:09

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Awesome :) Give us pictures when done.

Frenchlicker > Xyl0c41n3 05/23/2015 at 23:10

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I blame fFlipping Vegas, I was binging on that show and all of their white Porsches have bright green calipers. Around the same time one of mine went out so I bought VHT and did it.

Frenchlicker > swansong, rockin' the wagons 05/23/2015 at 23:11

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It's essentially the same as plastidip but duplicolor branded.

Frenchlicker > Horkin' Up Dangle Hams 05/23/2015 at 23:12

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The endanger others part should be the basis of all mods. If it does indeed endanger others that's where a line must be drawn, that's my only dig with the stanced crowd.

Frenchlicker > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh 05/23/2015 at 23:13

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Will do, the hood is nearly done. But on the roof I'm finding out I did too many layers on the hood and I'm running out of paint.

swansong, rockin' the wagons > Frenchlicker 05/24/2015 at 00:00

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Oh cool, I thought it was more paintlike. Wonder how nicely it goes on and lasts.

Frenchlicker > swansong, rockin' the wagons 05/24/2015 at 01:15

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In my opinion it went down terribly. It says it's not necessary to mask of. Well I want to make nice stripes so I had to. The suggestion isn't about ease of use but out of necessity. I had to use a straight edge so I could pull the tape up. The can also like to sputter and splotch a bit much. I wonder if plastidip would have been better. One other thing, it's definitely not sublime green.

swansong, rockin' the wagons > Frenchlicker 05/24/2015 at 01:47

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It’s not to difficult to do stripes and other mask off techniques with dip, the key is removing the tape quickly after the last coat while it’s still a bit wet. IIRC they have a blaze green that’s close to that diplicolor color.

Frenchlicker > swansong, rockin' the wagons 05/24/2015 at 02:36

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At first I tried to rip but the paint wanted to pull. Normally I like duplicolor products but this isn't one I will use again. I should have went with tried and true plastidip.

That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms > Frenchlicker 05/25/2015 at 09:35

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World needs more green stripes on cars. I see no problems here.

Frenchlicker > That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms 05/25/2015 at 11:18

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The largest problem here is that I’ve discovered that this is a terrible product and no matter if you use amazing masking tape or cheap stuff it’s going to ruin it. The instructions say it isn’t necessary, it should say they strongly recommend against it. Even though in the video on their site they did.

Rainbow > Frenchlicker 05/26/2015 at 22:13

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When I was little, my dream car was a white Jeep Cherokee with green racing stripes, a body kit, and a huge wing.

I had no taste.

Frenchlicker > Rainbow 05/26/2015 at 22:25

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Interesting idea. If it’s one of the ones worth next to nothing and the stuff is cheap to attain I say do it. Doing this pointless stuff to my car and knowing I’m not lowering its value is an amazing feeling.