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Custom Scuff Plate Vinyls
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 7:20 pm
by tadz0rz
Hey guys, just want to get your opinion on this.
Came to my head a few days ago and spent a little bit of time designing some stuff last night. Since i cant afford the lancer scuff plates, i thought, why dont i make something a little more original, Custom Scuff Plate Vinyls.
I know they might not take a scuff aswell as the metal ones that mitsubishi has, but the vinyls add a little bit more of a personal touch.
Heres a pic of what ive been designing...
I was just tossing a few ideas around with the fonts and everything, but if ive got the cash, and since jazzyB is a fitter and tuner, he works with all this kind of aluminium and steel and thought he could do this in aluminium aswell. like to cut out the letters using the CNC machine. I dont know the process, but thats later down the track if i choose to do it or not.
But what are you guys opinions on this?
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 7:24 pm
by simo
They look great man, the top one is my fav! Great idea!
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 7:25 pm
by LZY_EYE
A suggestion....
If you are making vinyl ones, make them bigger than the alloy ones. There are still places where my sills are getting marks. Might not look as nice, but will be much more protective.
I like the top design....
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 7:30 pm
by tadz0rz
Yeah the top one is my favorite. They are kinda in the order of the way i like lol.
I might just try it out with vinyl first and see how i go, and if they aint good enough, IE, getting absolutly thrashed and not doign anything, i might go with jazzyb and get him to make me some proper aluminum ones and just 3M tape them to the body.
I orignally had the sizes at 35cm X 5cm which was alot of the door sill, but the printer couldnt print it that big. Stupid thing. But ill work something out. If you want me to make you one something similar, ie, design one, let me know and ill see if can do one for you and send it to you and then you can sort it out
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 7:33 pm
by Mizta B
I'd go with the top one too Tadz
Excellent idea keep us posted!
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 7:35 pm
by LZY_EYE
The mitsu ones just stick on with 3M anyways. I would try and get some really thin rubber to run around them if you do go alloy. They will look OEM
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 7:46 pm
by ANDROS
top stuff Tadz!
my fav is the top one!
let us know how u go!
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 8:08 pm
by tadz0rz
I will keep you guys updated, i might hit up a place that does vinyl printing to see what kind of price he can do the top one for. Because i tried cutting out that lettering and it was a massive pain in the butt! Had to be really tedious and it would be too hard with something like that.
So ill just go to the vinyl place, get them to print it out actual size, and see how we go!! Ill let you guys know how much aswell, just in case anyone else is interested in doing this themselves
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 9:16 pm
by Tarquin
This look great !!
I like the top one or the third one down.... I'd be keen...
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 9:40 pm
by mitch.honey
top stuff mate i like it
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 10:11 pm
by Aspired
Looks great, top job.
Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2009 9:01 am
by Graham
great idea, top one looks the best
Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2009 10:02 am
by Deano1964
Looking good Tadz!!
Keep us Posted! Great Idea!
Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2009 2:16 pm
by JazzyB
yeah man - u really gave me the whole "why didn't I think of that earlier!" feeling after showing me ur printouts...
Alloy username scuffplates FTW!!!
great idea bud
And yeah, top design works best me thinks
Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2009 10:08 pm
by tadz0rz
Heres what they look like on the car. Note, they are meant to be bigger, but my stupid printer automaticly resizes them for some reason. The auto resize worked pretty nice on the back door sill though. On the front, it just looks tiny.
What do you guys think?
Front...
Rear...
