| AlxSti | 06-10-2006 03:34 PM |
Does the white energy absorber bother anyone else?
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In Delaware we have the option of having black license plates which are a little smaller than normal plates, which I love, but on the STi you can see the white engery absorber insider the rear bumper cover. It looks kinda crappy.. no big deal I guess, it just bugs me. Especially on my black car. Has anyone tried painting theirs black or using a permanent marker or something like that? So it's not as noticable...
[IMG]http://img118.imageshack.us/img118/1876/whatisthis7bb.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://img118.imageshack.us/img118/1876/whatisthis7bb.jpg[/IMG]
| Jonnyfilmboy | 06-10-2006 03:52 PM |
Never heard of this. You could get the CF license plate surround offered by APR. I have it. It's actually made by Carbign Craft. Fitment is OK, not awesome. But it fits. And it would cover up this area.
Got any closer shots of the offending area?
Got any closer shots of the offending area?
| AlxSti | 06-10-2006 04:12 PM |
yeah.. i figured it only happens to people in delaware. which is like 5 people on here. but here is a closer pic:
[IMG]http://img129.imageshack.us/img129/6918/ery4ij.jpg[/IMG]
got any pix of the cf frame? or a link to where i could buy one?
[IMG]http://img129.imageshack.us/img129/6918/ery4ij.jpg[/IMG]
got any pix of the cf frame? or a link to where i could buy one?
| szeny | 06-10-2006 05:53 PM |
make a bracket that covers it or something... /endwhine
| jac04 | 06-10-2006 09:07 PM |
Put a piece of black electrical tape over it - that's what I did. Problem solved.
| AlxSti | 06-10-2006 09:20 PM |
good idea.. thanks man. sounds a lot easier than trying to rub it with a marker!
| AlxSti | 06-11-2006 07:41 PM |
electrical tape worked for about an hour.. then it just got all bubbley and fell off
| BLK REX | 06-11-2006 08:03 PM |
[QUOTE=AlxSti]electrical tape worked for about an hour.. then it just got all bubbley and fell off[/QUOTE]
Spray paint.
Spray paint.
| jac04 | 06-11-2006 08:39 PM |
[QUOTE=AlxSti]electrical tape worked for about an hour.. then it just got all bubbley and fell off[/QUOTE]
Did you clean it first? Did you use good (3M) electrical tape? Mine has been on for well over a year now with no issues at all.
Watch out for spray paint. Some spray paints will attack the foam.
Did you clean it first? Did you use good (3M) electrical tape? Mine has been on for well over a year now with no issues at all.
Watch out for spray paint. Some spray paints will attack the foam.
| AlxSti | 06-11-2006 09:09 PM |
i figured spray paint would eat away at the styrofoam.. nah.. i didn't clean it.
| Magnum626 | 06-11-2006 11:25 PM |
black electrical tape, make sure it's clean.
You can probably get the cf plate thing at fizzautosports.com
You can probably get the cf plate thing at fizzautosports.com
| BurtonCR | 06-12-2006 12:55 PM |
Spray paint works fine.
| NewShockerGuy | 10-09-2006 03:48 AM |
[QUOTE=Jonnyfilmboy;14099114]Never heard of this. You could get the CF license plate surround offered by APR. I have it. It's actually made by Carbign Craft. Fitment is OK, not awesome. But it fits. And it would cover up this area.
Got any closer shots of the offending area?[/QUOTE]
I just got that today!
I will post pictures once I put it on the back of my car after a car wash!
w00t w00t
-Nigel
Got any closer shots of the offending area?[/QUOTE]
I just got that today!
I will post pictures once I put it on the back of my car after a car wash!
w00t w00t
-Nigel
| AlxSti | 10-09-2006 12:10 PM |
cool.. i want to see those pix! how much?
| djerickd | 10-09-2006 01:08 PM |
I wish FL had little plates like that
| NewShockerGuy | 10-09-2006 01:30 PM |
Not on the car yet...
[img]http://www.wrxfanatics.com/uploads/post-36-1160414848.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.wrxfanatics.com/uploads/post-36-1160414906.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.wrxfanatics.com/uploads/post-36-1160414996.jpg[/img]
Going to wash car now and then put it on :-)
-Nigel
[img]http://www.wrxfanatics.com/uploads/post-36-1160414848.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.wrxfanatics.com/uploads/post-36-1160414906.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.wrxfanatics.com/uploads/post-36-1160414996.jpg[/img]
Going to wash car now and then put it on :-)
-Nigel
| veightkiller | 10-09-2006 01:35 PM |
^^ how much did that thing cost you?
| Okeyd57 | 10-09-2006 01:41 PM |
[QUOTE=AlxSti;14099250]yeah.. i figured it only happens to people in delaware. which is like 5 people on here. but here is a closer pic:
[IMG]http://img129.imageshack.us/img129/6918/ery4ij.jpg[/IMG]
got any pix of the cf frame? or a link to where i could buy one?[/QUOTE]
Check with Rallysportdirect. I think that's where I got mine. It is made by Carbign Craft
[IMG]http://img129.imageshack.us/img129/6918/ery4ij.jpg[/IMG]
got any pix of the cf frame? or a link to where i could buy one?[/QUOTE]
Check with Rallysportdirect. I think that's where I got mine. It is made by Carbign Craft
| NewShockerGuy | 10-09-2006 02:42 PM |
[QUOTE=veightkiller;15545247]^^ how much did that thing cost you?[/QUOTE]
[url]http://www.carbigncraft.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=6&products_id=23&osCsid=a1adf65464fd3e3cb23cb2d3d0033f3a[/url]
:-)
The only problem I have right now is the security screws that they provided don't seem to be the correct screws that were holding my license plate frame/plate on... the threads are much closer together... arg!
I might have to use my normal screws...eeek!
-Nigel
[url]http://www.carbigncraft.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=6&products_id=23&osCsid=a1adf65464fd3e3cb23cb2d3d0033f3a[/url]
:-)
The only problem I have right now is the security screws that they provided don't seem to be the correct screws that were holding my license plate frame/plate on... the threads are much closer together... arg!
I might have to use my normal screws...eeek!
-Nigel
| elsanto | 10-09-2006 03:35 PM |
If you spray paint it, you will probably eat away the structural integrity of that part, not saying its a big deal, but its useful when parallel parked. unless its some special kind of styrofoam in ther that is aerosol resistant..
| pleue | 10-09-2006 03:43 PM |
anyone know if this cf piece fits wagons(2002)?
| NewShockerGuy | 10-09-2006 05:10 PM |
Pics on the car... took a little while as I had to open the stock screw points just a wee bit so I could use the security torx screw so no one can just take a screw driver and steal it...lol..
[img]http://www.wrxfanatics.com/uploads/post-36-1160427949.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.wrxfanatics.com/uploads/post-36-1160428075.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.wrxfanatics.com/uploads/post-36-1160428221.jpg[/img]
I like it... breaks up ALL the white on my car...
Please EXCUSE the crappy pics... it's SOOOOO sunny I can hardly see!..lol
Will take better pictures when it gets a little darker.
-Nigel
[img]http://www.wrxfanatics.com/uploads/post-36-1160427949.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.wrxfanatics.com/uploads/post-36-1160428075.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.wrxfanatics.com/uploads/post-36-1160428221.jpg[/img]
I like it... breaks up ALL the white on my car...
Please EXCUSE the crappy pics... it's SOOOOO sunny I can hardly see!..lol
Will take better pictures when it gets a little darker.
-Nigel
| jac04 | 10-09-2006 08:35 PM |
^^^I can still see the white foam......................
| JBravo920 | 10-09-2006 08:42 PM |
I no longer see the foam because I am engulfed in the beauty of that piece, I must have one!!!!
(Yes, I still see the foam, but it doesnt matter anymore is what Im getting at, CF is just too pretty)
(Yes, I still see the foam, but it doesnt matter anymore is what Im getting at, CF is just too pretty)
| Hank3 | 10-09-2006 10:56 PM |
[QUOTE=jac04;15550126]^^^I can still see the white foam......................[/QUOTE]
Hahaha...me, too.
Hahaha...me, too.
| 80806STi | 10-09-2006 11:06 PM |
Just spray paint it. nothing is going to happen to it. that is not styrofoam it is a very high density foam. I work as a painter in a body shop and get automotive paint on those sometimes and nothing has ever happened, and automotive paint is much more caustic the any paint from a can.
| DrD | 10-09-2006 11:19 PM |
If you are worried about painting the foam, just get a strip of plastic or laminate, paint that, then secure it inside the bumper with silicone
| AlxSti | 10-10-2006 12:06 AM |
wow.. $135 and you can still see the foam. ha.. ill just try the paint
| turbowagon02 | 10-10-2006 12:39 AM |
i just used electircal tape, and its been on there since i brought the car home which is just about a year ago
| 2slofouru | 10-10-2006 01:05 AM |
Wipe the foam off and apply black duct tape = solved
| NewShockerGuy | 10-10-2006 04:14 AM |
[QUOTE=AlxSti;15552638]wow.. $135 and you can still see the foam. ha.. ill just try the paint[/QUOTE]
LOL
I wasn't getting that piece to COVER the foam... infact I can't even tell unless you are eye level and on the ground.. I got that cause I could see spending $130 for a cf exhaust finisher..hehehe
This to me is more of a better buy!
w00t w00t
I love it.
But yea, for the foam, I am going to spray it with some black paint.
-Nigel
LOL
I wasn't getting that piece to COVER the foam... infact I can't even tell unless you are eye level and on the ground.. I got that cause I could see spending $130 for a cf exhaust finisher..hehehe
This to me is more of a better buy!
w00t w00t
I love it.
But yea, for the foam, I am going to spray it with some black paint.
-Nigel
| offset | 10-10-2006 10:39 AM |
Anything is a better buy than the god-awful priced exhaust finisher. But still I like the CF rear plate trim quite well.
offset
offset
| drivin blind | 10-10-2006 10:43 AM |
Kids got me a piece of sticky reflective red tape. Reflects like you have another driving light back there at night. Actually looks kinda neat.
| stentorian | 10-10-2006 12:30 PM |
[QUOTE=AlxSti;15552638]wow.. $135 and you can still see the foam. ha.. ill just try the paint[/QUOTE]
Hmm, that CF piece gives me an idea :devil::lol::devil:.
-Joe:cool:
Hmm, that CF piece gives me an idea :devil::lol::devil:.
-Joe:cool:
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