Been a slow week, so I got creative...

I have a Blizzard White III, and wanted something other than the black front plate bracket. Touchup paint was horribly expensive at $22/can + S&H, so I had to get creative.
A trip to my local hobby shop got me a can of Tamiya white polycarb (lexan) paint for $6 and a $6 can of pearl white. Adding a can of Krylon Triple Thick Clear Glaze for another $6 at Michael's crafts got me all I needed.
I first wiped down the bracket with lacquer thinner which cleaned it and left it slightly tacky. 2 coats of the white "base" followed immediately.
After drying overnight 3 coats of the pearl were applied and again allowed to dry overnight.
Checking the color and being satisfied with the match I then did 2 coats of the clear.
Here are the results:




I chose the paint based on the adhesion, flexibility, and non-yellowing properties of all of them.

I'm pretty satisfied with the appearance and the match-all done for less than the cost of 1 can of color match touchup paint.
If it didn't work all I had to do was strip off the paint and mount the black bracket........

 

Thanks, All!

I've always found "little" ways to make my cars more personal. The body-colored plate bracket is a pretty easy thing (and cheap) to do, and I've already had a few people look at it with that "Something looks different but I don't know what..." look.
I seem to remember that a number of manufacturers back in the day provided color matched brackets. I guess it's just too expensive now.
The hardest part of it all was putting those two HUGE screws into my (formerly pristine) bumper
My next project will be to find white plastic frames to color-match.....

 

Sadly, AB, NJ does require them...I guess that they figure if a car is bearing down on you you'll have a better chance of getting the plate number than after you get run over.
My thinking had been that you get a much longer look at the plate while the car is "escaping", but what do I know?
Now with the advent of the "red light cam" I guess the disfiguring front plate is much more useful.....
Enlightened states like PA haven't caught on to that yet.

 

Thanks for the positive comments, Guys!

I have Photoshop as well, but when I don't want to fire up the big gun, I use paint.NET
(Paint.NET - Free Software for Digital Photo Editing).
It gives me 80% of what PS does, is MUCH faster, and is FREE!
The filters are pretty much the same, and work great.

 

Actually, I don't mind those as they tie in with the window trim. I might consider it if they were as easily removable as the frame, but I don't think so.

I've been hunting down sqeaks and rattles as of late, and found that a combination of craft store adhesive foam and felt sheets are very useful, especially in and around our dual glove compartment.