BlkShadow01

I was wondering how do you take the stock maxima grill off?
I wana paint it but I don't want to break it taking it off. Do I even have to take it off to paint? thank you

Kiosk

I believe for 5th gen it doesnt come off unless you take out the whole bumper...I painted mine to match the color of the car and I did a how to write up...PM me if u interested.....

BlkShadow01

okay i will

BlkShadow01

does anyone else know how to paint the stock grill without taking it off?

2K3MAX2NV

iTrader: (10)

I have a 5th gen and I removed my stock grille without taking off the whole bumper you have to remove the clips behind it

Kiosk

yea for an 5.5th gen you can, but not for a 5th gen

gtbigup

2002 grill comes out separately not sure about the 01, but for the 02 you have about 5 nut to loosen some are a ***ch to get to, one behind the nissan sign.

ZIPPIN

iTrader: (32)

i don't know if this will help. here is how to take off the whole bumper:

http://www.cardomain.com/member_page...=259701&page=7

BlkShadow01

hey I decided to paint my grill without taking it off. :/ It turned out OK..first coat.. but i got a bunch of lilttle bumps on the grill it for some reason. Should i sand it a little? its plastic and i don't know what to do now, cept another coat. also i put scotch tape all around the outline of the grill where i didn't want the spray paint to go and now the spray paint dissolved the scotch tape and i can only take it off my scrubbing it with a finger nail leavin all the glue behind . it looks terrible i need goo gone

Kiosk

those little bumps are either overspray or dust....sand down and use some clear coat....here some pics when I did mine and a link to the how-to i wrote...good luck!

Link for how to

Before the paint...old faded factory gray


Sanded with 400 grit sand paper


Two coats of primer...then sand again with 600 grit


Finished with 2 coats of clear coat

BlkShadow01

that looks awesome..thanks a lot im guna do that. but i already did one coat of paint without sanding or primer.. :/ what should i do right now? sand the paint n then prime it? or just sand the bumps nd then add 2 more coats of paint and then clear coat it a few times?

pearlywhite2k

What do u guys think about different colors? My car is pearl white, just wondering what u think it would look like.

thanks

00MaxSE

iTrader: (25)

Somebody on here has a white car with the grill painted. I think its the guy with the bodykit and dual exhaust.

NiZMo1o1

iTrader: (45)

Damn Kiosk, wanna do mines? (jk) damn so the whole bumper has to come off huh? geeuz. oh yeah im in ft laudy too btw

Kiosk

primer helps the paint stick, specially to plastic like the grill. You can just add a couple more paint coats then clear coat it but it might not last long w/o the primer and start coming off in a few months. If you want just sand down what you just painted as much as possible and start again with primer this time...

BlkShadow01

Yea i just finished mine today and it turned out pretty good even though I didn't put as much effort in it as you. So it isn't THAT good but its fine by me. Ill post pics soon.