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Old 03-23-2003, 06:17 PM
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Painted Front Grill

I finally got a chance to take a couple pics of my new painted front grill. Let me what you think.
http://maxima.cardomain.com/member_p...=219118&page=3
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Old 03-23-2003, 06:38 PM
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Re: Painted Front Grill

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I finally got a chance to take a couple pics of my new painted front grill. Let me what you think.
http://maxima.cardomain.com/member_p...=219118&page=3
Sweet!!! I love the way it looks. I am gonna hafta do that as well.
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Old 03-23-2003, 06:55 PM
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Wow man, looks incredible. I wanna do that with my white one, where did you get the paint, and how did you do it?
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Old 03-23-2003, 06:57 PM
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that looks great. where did you find the maj blue paint and how much did it cost?
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Old 03-23-2003, 07:03 PM
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That was the best thing about this mod, it was free
There are three bolt that hold it on, its real easy to get off. There is a bodyshop at the dealer I work at and the painter is a friend of mine, so he did it for free.
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Originally posted by Mikes2K2SE
That was the best thing about this mod, it was free
There are three bolt that hold it on, its real easy to get off. There is a bodyshop at the dealer I work at and the painter is a friend of mine, so he did it for free.
where are the 3 bolts exactly? I want to get mine painted when I get the body shop to take the dent out of the passenger door but body shops around here are so use to dealing with accords they probably wouldn't know how to take the grill out to paint it.
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Old 03-23-2003, 07:14 PM
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How well did the paint match? Would the Nissan dealership sell the paint? I'm just afraid over time it will fade differently that the rest of the car.
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Old 03-23-2003, 09:09 PM
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THAT LOOKS SICK!!!!!!!!

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Old 03-24-2003, 07:39 AM
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Its real easy, there are three 10mm bolts across the top that come out
then tug on the bottom, the center Nissan emblem then pops out.
As far as the paint match, its is perfect, I gave the bodyshop
my paint code so its a perfect match. So far I have had no problems
with chips or flaking and it has been painted for three months now.
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Old 03-24-2003, 07:50 AM
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How well did the paint match? Would the Nissan dealership sell the paint? I'm just afraid over time it will fade differently that the rest of the car.
paint will definitely fade, without a doubt. Plastic fades MUCH quicker than steel, so expect to see it fade over the years, especially with a dark color like majestic blue.

Although, to retard some of the fading, you might want to add that as a part to wax, once the time comes.
 
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sweeeeeet
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Looks Great!!

I was wanting to do that to my black 2K2 and was looking for pics of a painted grille on a dark color. I'll certainly look into having a local body shop paint mine!! Thanks for the pic!!
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Old 03-24-2003, 11:12 AM
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I will try to take some better pics, those are kinda fuzzy
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It looks great. My only worries would be about the rock chips and the crappy nissan paint. Atleast with Chrome, it doesn't chip.
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nice!
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Old 03-30-2003, 06:14 PM
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Thanks guys, I am glad you like it
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Old 03-30-2003, 07:06 PM
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Really nice I might have to try that.....
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Old 03-30-2003, 08:09 PM
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definately need to do that w/ white
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Old 03-30-2003, 11:58 PM
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Re: Painted Front Grill

Originally posted by Mikes2K2SE
I finally got a chance to take a couple pics of my new painted front grill. Let me what you think.
http://maxima.cardomain.com/member_p...=219118&page=3
WOW! That looks great! Now why doesn't Nissan just do that at the factory?
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I saw another guy do that to his 2000 whtie Max. it looked nice too. No sense in doing it if your gonna buy another grille though.
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