Carbon Blue

I plan on painting my center caps silver (similar to the euro spec ap1 rims) for a little project I have going on. Since the center caps that I will be starting off with are the stock ap1 00-03 USDM center caps that are machined silver, how I would go about masking off the black "H" in the middle? I have read that some people use vaseline to coat the H but that seems kind of tricky if it wasnt coated properly. Since the H is not engraved into the center cap I really cant tape it off unless I make an exact cut out of painters tape and over layed it on top. Any tips or ideas will be appreciated, thanks.

illdiealonlyazn

I think most people just spray over it and then use a decal which you could probably buy on ebay

suzuka-blue-s2k

Yeah most just paint the whole thing then get some H decals to put on them. With my old ap1 wheels I painted them silverstone, and I actually masked off the H, painted them, peeled the tape off, then clear coated the whole things and they turned out great. I used some wide green painters tape and put it right over the H, and then got under some nice lighting and you should be able to see the H through the tape faintly. Just trace it with a pencil onto the tape, then use a sharp hobby knife and cut it out. Sometimes you might have to have it at a certain angle to see the H underneith clear enough to trace it onto the tape but you should be able to do it.