Thanks guys, this is the 4th or 5th set that we've done so it's second nature now. It also helps that this car is actually for my wife and she lends a hand working on it when she can. She's actually the one that's blasted most of the parts in the blast cabinet for the build. We laid down an old towel and wetsanded them in our living room while watching TV. It probably took us about 30-45 minutes per wheel. I think we did like one a day or something in our spare time.
We sold our Outlander Sport about a month or so ago and went to look at several other cars but nothing felt right. One day she said I wonder what it would cost to just build that 3g that's sitting in the yard
? The next day we started ordering parts for it.
Tim, the Mitsu logos are vinyl. We stopped by a local sign shop and picked out a color and they gave us some scrap. I just cut a small section out, applied it over one diamond at a time. Hit it with a hair dryer so that it would flex a little better and then carefully picked the edges back up while taking a dull toothpick that I broke the tip off of and forced the decal into the diamond taking care to keep any air bubbles out. If one gets stuck just lift the corner and work it back out. If you use a sharp toothpick or object it'll tear the vinyl. Once the lines are nice and crisp and all bubbles are out take a hobby knife with a new blade and with plenty of light carefully score along the edge following the groove. Then peel off the extra and see what you end up with. If it's not perfect like you want it peel it off and try again. Several of them took me a few tries to get them like I wanted them.
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