Okay, I've gotten several PMs asking me about making keyhole plugs and how I made mine, so I promised I'd post directions on how I did it. One of our fellow members, billman250, makes fine plugs the he sells for $30 and that look very good, but for some enterprising folks, its more fun to make them yourselves. It cost me about $10 and two hours of my life to make these, so it should cost you the same. Of course, you can always PM billman250 too.

Here is how I did it, in one easy pic. Note that I had little direction to go on, so if anyone has any suggestions they'd like to make, I'm open to adding them to this diagram. Note the primer I had was plastic primer.

NOTE: The more you sand and polish between coats, and the more coats you add, the smoother and "glassier" the caps will be.



The finished product:

 

Thanks for the directions, now off I go to try it! Great illustrations! haha

 

very cool.

 

cool man

touch up paint? don't most of our touch ups paints match kind of bad?

 

would u make us some for some money? seriously. Silverstone, plz.

 

SS

 

i guess some in Spa as well?

 

My factory GPW touch up paint matched perfectly, and I imagine all touch up paint matches well, since its OEM.

I don't have the time to make these right now. Maybe I'll make some more GPW since I have the materials already, but if you just want to buy them, PM billman250 - his plugs look great.

 

...but mine's blue, how should I do it if my car's blue?


Seriously though, are these tacks labled as auto carpet tacks?

 

yeh since i have alot of diy lately such as rear window tint i should try this. ill let you guys know how it goes today just hoping if i shake the bottle for 5min then itll match up better. I know the newer silverstone match up better on touchup compared to the older ones. If it doesnt match up ill just post em up for cheap or let someone with a new color model one have them or something