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New Wolf Gray - Debadged and Removed Front Lettering
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IATelluride
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Looks great! You should black out the tailpipes as well
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Probably a dumb question, but how do you black out the tailpipes?
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I taped off all around. Un hooked the last hanger and put a small block between the pipe and underside of vehicle. Sanded the pipes to rough them up some to take the paint with fine grit sandpaper. Then painted the tips gloss black with high heat paint.
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I did the exact same as IATelluride. Looks great.
I have no idea why KIA created a Nightfall trim option but left the tailpipes chrome - everything else is blacked out.
I have no idea why KIA created a Nightfall trim option but left the tailpipes chrome - everything else is blacked out.
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Did you paint the grill, or is that the nightfall grill?
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Everything looks awesome man! Great job! May I ask where did you get the nightfall grill?
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@Micthepoet Thanks buddy. It is a Gray Wolf Nightfall edition so it came with the car. I just put on the blacked out badge to change it up a little bit.
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Got it! Thanks!
did you get a chance to wrap the roof yet ?
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I'm torn... as a lazy guy, I'm considering removing all the lettering from my Telluride S , maybe even the AWD and V6 stuff... But, to some degree, I really like the Telluride lettering front and back
Anyone care to give their opinions in a general sense about removing all badging from the painted surface are of a Telluride?
Mine is the White Perl. I guess my concern, is that it will start to look too plain if I remove it all... but as I said, for washing/waxing purposes, I really like the idea of removing it, especially the Telluride lettering, because that's a lot of surface area to fiddle with when polishing or applying some surface protectant
Anyone care to give their opinions in a general sense about removing all badging from the painted surface are of a Telluride?
Mine is the White Perl. I guess my concern, is that it will start to look too plain if I remove it all... but as I said, for washing/waxing purposes, I really like the idea of removing it, especially the Telluride lettering, because that's a lot of surface area to fiddle with when polishing or applying some surface protectant
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Personally, I think if you removed All of the badging, it could look too plain... I kinda like the badging, letters, boldness of "Telluride" written across the front and back...
I do tend to agree... I'm still trying to convince myself the 'stealth' look would make up for the loss of boldness.
When I bought my 1996 Dodge Dakota, I pulled off every bit of 'trim' that was stuck to the paint almost as soon as I got it home. At the time, it seemed like the right thing to do, and I never regretted it... It's just on the Telluride, I'm not getting that same feeling about taking all the stuff off it... still makes me a bit sad even thinking about what I really want.
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It's all personal preference. For me, this works. As far as I'm concerned, I've changed nothing about this SUV that makes it such a great vehicle.
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Thanks, now you just made my choice harder
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@BigWes I haven't wrapped the roof yet (my wife told me to relax 
). I did add some blacked out running boards since these pics though. Here's the best part.....you can't go wrong whether what you add or subtract. It's a money SUV no matter what. Our Wolf Gray is super unique and we love it. I was never a car guy until I bought this beast. Now I have to reign myself in. The last thing I have coming in are the red caliper covers. I think it'll look pretty dope. I'll throw up some pics after they're installed.
). I did add some blacked out running boards since these pics though. Here's the best part.....you can't go wrong whether what you add or subtract. It's a money SUV no matter what. Our Wolf Gray is super unique and we love it. I was never a car guy until I bought this beast. Now I have to reign myself in. The last thing I have coming in are the red caliper covers. I think it'll look pretty dope. I'll throw up some pics after they're installed.
