VT Commodore Boot Garnish changes

[Ray_Ray]

Hi there, I was wondering if anyone knows if there’s anyone that sells custom boot garnishes?
I’m looking at getting my car re-sprayed and I have aftermarket taillights that are clear which I’ll be tinting at a later date, and only just realised the red garnish on the boot would stand out too much ( not trying to make the car hidden but I prefer to have things match as best as possible )

So I’m tossing up on either trying to find a way to get the garnish clear and tint it out or change the boot entirely to a plain smooth boot without a garnish.

 

[RiffRaffMama]

You're going to have a much easier time just replacing it with a plain Exec one.
My only suggestion for the clear garnish would be to find somebody with a 3D printer that can do long prints and get them to print you a replacement in clear ABS, then separate the back from the front of your existing garnish and replace the red front half with the clear printed part. I'd help you out, but my printer can only do a maximum of 27cm in length, so there'd be seams across it, but there's more industrial 3D printers out there that can do prints as long as you want.

 

[Ray_Ray]

You're going to have a much easier time just replacing it with a plain Exec one.
My only suggestion for the clear garnish would be to find somebody with a 3D printer that can do long prints and get them to print you a replacement in clear ABS, then separate the back from the front of your existing garnish and replace the red front half with the clear printed part. I'd help you out, but my printer can only do a maximum of 27cm in length, so there'd be seams across it, but there's more industrial 3D printers out there that can do prints as long as you want.

Yeah I knew it would be a bit of a pain in the ass to try and get someone that can make a clear one, just sucks that I can’t just get rid of the red part cause that’s all that’s going to bug me, this is purely for aesthetics

I found a place in NSW but I gotta wait to see if they can make a clear one that’ll fit.

 

[Aus78Formula]

It would cost more to make than the value of the car after installed.