So I've been outside today working on the Max and I decided I'd give her a little bit of a facelift in the form of fresh paint on the grille.

However, I'm at a loss as to what color I should paint it. I was thinking about taping off the outside gunmetal-colored part of the grille and painting the rest black. But now I'm not so sure it'll match the white body.

Any ideas?

 

i say wait til next week to decide... seems like ur getting bored n wanna do something... buy something else and leave the grill... do the stillen FL

 

on my max my grille matches the color of my car and the outside ring is a carbon fiber color heres a pic http://s612.photobucket.com/albums/t...adlightmod.jpg

 

Well, I suppose you could pull that off on a silver Maxima...

But white with white grill. Can you say rice?

Edit: I've seen some cars with decent matching-color grilles. But eh, it's just not my taste I suppose.

 

What I plan on doing with mine is leaving the outside of the grill the same color as the vehicle (Sterling Mist) and painting the inside of the upper and lower grills a satin black using SEM black paint. I plan on doing it this week and will post some pics as soon as it's done.

 

I have the lustre I started to paint the color of the car. Dont want to hi jack your thread but I'll get pics up eventually. Just painting the bars that go across the 02-03 grill and leaving the black plastic just that. I'm thinking its going to come out good...

 

Go for it. I'm open to pics of any ideas that might inspire me.

 

I have a white max. I painted the small ribs white and left the rest.

 

white is interesting...im painting mine like member prophecy99 on here. You can search for him and see color wise what im going for. Should be done by tuesday. Let us know what route you go and take pics.

 

i had my grille painted Gloss black, ive got an 01 max

 

I painted my grille flat black.. Came out pretty nice. I'll post pics later if u wanna see

 

leave it or do flat black. ive seen body color matching and it looks absolutley terrible

 

I'm thinking I'm gonna go with satin or flat black on the inside of the grille and leave the outside the stock color.

I may also see about removing the longitudinal bars before painting. Not a big fan of 'em.

Pics when I get to working...I'm waiting for the weather to break.

tookrzy: Post away. I'm still open for last-minute ideas.

 

go all black =]

 

I would paint the outter parts the color of the car. Thats what im doing anyway, you do what you want. I took a pic tonight of it sanded. Painting it tonight and should be on tomorrow or the next with new rear bumper, front and rear smoked side markers. I hope it all comes out right...have fun man and take pics!

 

Body color on the outside part flows.

 

^ That looks decent, but on a white car, eh... Idk. That and I honestly can't afford the pearl clearcoat to match...

Did you paint the inside of your headlights yourself or are they aftermarket? They look good.

 

Yeah that looks good. Thats what mine will look like in another color...should be done tonight. Looks good squirrel

 

Thanks.Those are the factory 02 lights painted semigloss black.

 

heres some pics..

 

all this grille talk, I cant wait. I finally should have my custom grille primed and ready for paint after patiently waiting 13 months......
that being said I am painting mine to match OEM. I am using layers of Duplicolor Smoke Cast, Chrome, and Flat Black.
Will post when complete.

 

If you do it right body color looks good....If you rattle can it its gonna look like you spray painted it cause the colors never seem to match right once the sun hits it.... If your painting it do it right and have it painted by a body shop... Otherwise it'll look cheap IMO...

 

That actually looks really clean IMO. Hopefully after I get off work I'm gonna be able to start working on mine.

 

haa

 

Cant go wrong with black.Gloss or semigloss.

 

Flat/semi/gloss black all look good on 5.0 and 5.5 gens.

I think body color ONLY looks good on the 5.5 gens.

 

I guess I'd have to see a pic of a white car with the grille painted to match. I've never seen it, so I honestly don't know.

 

Squirrel posted one of his sunlit sand - same principle.

 

I know. It doesn't look bad in the sand or silver color. I just don't know about white, honestly.

I guess it all comes down to personal taste in the end.

Edit: If someone has a 5.5 with a white-matched grille...pics?

 

I like white on white

 

I would think all white would look good (with white strips, black ring that holds the nissan logo with nissan in chrome...) although it could also be fugly lol. idk white is tough color im sure someone could think of something creative.

 

i will be doing mine this weekend

 

i will be doing this, this weekend