Painted "WHITE" Stock grill ****PICS***
03-29-2005, 12:52 PM
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Painted "WHITE" Stock grill ****PICS***
Here it is, I just picked it up yesterday from the body shop. I will not be installing it for a couple of weeks (the roads up here are pretty bad right now with leftovers from winter) For the third (and 4th) picture I just carefully placed the new "painted" grill over my stock grill so that you can get the idea of what it will look like. I also had the center portion of the grill (flat part) coated with 3M hood tape to try to keep the chipping to a minimum. Personally I think it look great!
03-29-2005, 02:14 PM
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Originally Posted by ThunderMaxi
No.... do you know how many bug guts you are going to bake on that white paint??? But, then again, to each his own.
Dly, Nice job bro. That looks great! Mind me asking what they charged for that?
03-29-2005, 02:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Jayzmax04
Dly, Nice job bro. That looks great! Mind me asking what they charged for that?
All and all not bad, the paint shop had to paint it 3 times to get a good match, but I am fairly happy with the results
03-29-2005, 02:32 PM
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Looks great!!! I like the way it blends in. If you like a mesh or billet grill, try painting or powdercoating it white. Im not a big fan of stock grill, but painting it is a great temporary remedy.
03-29-2005, 07:28 PM
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Originally Posted by DLy2k1
I bought the grill off of ebay $ 60.00 (US) with no logo, paint shop charged my $ 112.00 (Canadian) to paint it, $20.00 (Canadian) for the logo and $ 50.00 (Canadian) to have the 3M tape put on it.
All and all not bad, the paint shop had to paint it 3 times to get a good match, but I am fairly happy with the results
All and all not bad, the paint shop had to paint it 3 times to get a good match, but I am fairly happy with the results
Did the $112 you paid include sanding the old finish off? or did you do it yourself? or did they just prime and paint over the original finish?
03-29-2005, 11:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Jayzmax04
Nice bra man.
03-30-2005, 08:02 AM
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Originally Posted by silvermax04
Wow, that looks good. Wonder how it would like on a Silver.... really tempted to paint mine....
03-30-2005, 09:15 AM
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Originally Posted by Blue04SEinIL
Did the $112 you paid include sanding the old finish off? or did you do it yourself? or did they just prime and paint over the original finish?
03-30-2005, 11:44 AM
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Originally Posted by DLy2k1
Blue04, the paint shop did all of the prep work on the grill including the sanding which I insisted be done, they also added a "flex" agent to the paint (same as when painting a bumper or any other plastic part) to try to help minimize the chipping.
BTW, personally I like the bottom strip (valance?) in stock black. I think it blends well with the other black trim, but hey, thats just me.
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