Just got her back from the shop today. Had the whole front repainted and decided to do the rear bumper as well. Went with flat black emblems on both the front and back. Repainted both my upper and lower grilles flat black. Rear Diffusers were painted flat black along with the tow hook to blend it. Also tinted the tails as well.

Just got my new flat black TSW wheels today put on today as well. America's tire messed up my other set I had.

Taking her back in next week to get the license plate area flat black and possibly the roof. More pics to come.......

*Just had the flat black done today in the license plate area.....came out nice. Thinking of doing the roof. Hmmm....*

 

I like how the front wing and grille look as they are one piece. Nice.

James

PS IMO the diffusers get lost when painted dark.

 

I like what you've done with the grille & emblem...... I would also do the CAI elbow and clamp in black, just a suggestion not knocking it in any way

 

Clean and Sano...

 

I have never really cared for the look of the mesh grill due to the thick border.... Just my personal taste. But WOW......... seeing it now with the wings painted to match...... Just amazing! It ties it all together. Very nice, and I love the grill now. LOL

 

+1 more front end pics we all want in, beautiful. Secondly where did u get the rear film?

 

Karman had it right. Please put it back the way it was.

Just looks like it's missing something, waiting for parts.

 

Thanks guys for the compliments. I'll get some pics of the whole car up next week. Its been raining here the last few days in Cali.

Jonny, i had my buddy do it he owns a tint shop, but he is on his last roll of film and will be done with it because of CA laws.

Mix, I'm waiting on my dual CAI from Needswings which I'll have powdercoated black.

 

Who is Karman?

 

Karman is the German enterprise responsible for the final design, production and assembly of the Crossfire's sheetmetal, detailing and interior. The guy's did an awesome job, unlike most domestic plants.

That's why when you close the doors of the Crossie you hear that nice, solid emanation of quality. Most feel they also did an excellent job with the grillwork design.

 

Softball - looks great, I love what you are doing with it. I am about to paint some additional parts on mine, should be similar.

He was pimping you, Kane. It is Karmann, for those of us in the know....

And you are incorrect, most here do not care for the sebring front end.

 

Thanks Boiler.

 

Exactly how I would have done it... well done

 

Unfortunately, it does look like a Sebring. But please appreciate that the Crossfire came first, and actually it is the Sebring that looks like the Crossfire. The Chrysler designers capitalized on a good thing. Even the damn Chrysler minivans have the same resemblance. So does the new 200.

A wee shame either way.

 

You say the tail lights are tinted?

They look great... what % tint is it?

-Eric

 

I agree they look great. It almost looks like a 100% tint. But with the only thing between my *** and the car behind me is 16 gallons of 93 otctane I'd be afraid to copy him.

 

bwahaha...

I hear painting is the way to go if you want the light to shine through. Black to clear in a 2:6 ratio. I'm gonna try it, and i'll be sure to report back.

I just noticed the flat black in the license plate area, looks GREAT. If my car wasn't already the color of awesome I would paint it too!

Regards,
Eric

 

Painting is the way to go if you want them to look clean and have a similar high end finish to your car. I would be careful with that ratio, once the paint is on, its lots harder to sand off and refinish. We went with ~10% and just continued to do layers until we had the desired hue, I think it was 5-7 total and it looks amazing....

 

Did you take them to a body shop? And when you say ~10% do you mean 1 part black to 10 parts clear?

I just did my side markers with some of that VHT Nite Shades spray tint and finished with some Krylon clear gloss... I need to sand them with the 2000 grit sandpaper I bought and then apply some meguiars ultimate compound. If it came out good, i'm going to be doing the tails.

P.S. SoftballJunnkie, are you going to get your side markers tinted? I think it would look even more awesome if you tinted the rear ones, and replaced the fronts with the european style clears! (Just my personal preference of course, )

-Eric

 

A friend runs a body shop, so I have access to it whenever I need (and professional advise since I do not do this everyday)

We wet sanded mine something like 5-6 times to reeally make them like glass, then started spraying the tinted clear. You are correct, 1 part black to 10 parts clear, not a very dark mixture at all, but I did not want mine to be black, I wanted them to be close to graphite grey. While I have seen many people get great results with the nightshades, I prefer professional paint anyday.

IMO they just disappear (but the lights are still bright through them)