Bow Ties and Bezels Redone

Last week I had the chance to get the front and rear Chevrolet bow ties and chrome tail light bezels wrapped in gloss black vinyl to match my car color. I had been waiting to make this appointment for about three months after meeting a bunch of other local Camaro owners.

I took the recommendation of one of the owners and contacted a local shop about half an hour to the South of The Homestead. The shop owner and operator is a one man show and flies all over the country doing vinyl wraps on a wide variety of cars. I played phone tag with him over the course of two weeks before finding a day and time I could bring my car to his shop.

The day arrived and I took off work an hour or so early to make my appointment. Of course it was the hottest day of the year thus far. His shop office and waiting room was a twelve foot cube luckily positioned to receive every ray of sunlight from noon to sunset. The outside temperature was over 95 degrees with the internal temperature of his waiting room easily surpassing the 100 degree mark. I spent the majority of the two hour wait outside in the parking lot cooling off in the shade of a nearby tree.

Two hours later the shop owner proclaimed he had finished the job of wrapping the tail light bezels and bow ties. He used a vinyl product from 3M to do the job. The vinyl was cut according to a template, wrapped around the parts, and then heated with a heat gun to shrink wrap the parts. The vinyl wrap is good for 8 to 10 years and can be washed without restrictions.

I am thrilled the chrome bezels were finally covered along with the bow ties. It has substantially changed the look of the car and was simple to do. The tail light bezels look like they came from the factory already black and the bow ties look fantastic with the chrome outline.

My next modification will have to wait until next summer. I am planning on installing a Competition Cat-Back exhaust from Magnaflow. The exhaust note is rich and deep without the ping or blat of other exhaust systems. Getting the parts are easy. The hard part is finding a place to do the install.

I'm looking forward to taking a nice drive with The Wife on Labor Day. See you on the road! Later...