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!

 

looks very nice, all you need is to paint the lower black part of the bumper to white, then it will look hott.

 

No.... do you know how many bug guts you are going to bake on that white paint??? But, then again, to each his own.

 

No more than the front of the car will. Nice bra man.

Dly, Nice job bro. That looks great! Mind me asking what they charged for that?

 

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

 

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.

 

DLy2k1, your grille on KCMaxx's ride (he has the lower portion paited white)


I'm at work, so I'm limited to my art supplies, I used MS Paint! LOL

 

Looks great, Pal. DLy: paint it white, bro!!

 

I like it.............

 

I liek it, tell us how the finish holds up after a few weeks.

 

looks good....

 

woah... I hadnt seen that one in a while. Looks good though, im kinda gettin tired of the billet...

 

Damn I wish I didnt have to have a front plate!

 

Take it off. If u get a ticket, velcro the front on ,and then get the ticket signed off.

 

Dly2k1, that looks nice~~ I don't think we haven't had any white max with painted "stock grill"... Post more pics when you're finished with the install... Good job!!

 

Wow, that looks good. Wonder how it would like on a Silver.... really tempted to paint mine....

 

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?

 

There are 4 cement factories in my town, so it's either the bra or scratched up front end... sorry you don't like it. Plus, the bugs wash right off also. I am in grad school and when I come home I have murdered like 900 flies... oh well.

 

I'm curious too~~ If you do try, make sure you post pics!! I'd love to see a silver one...

 

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.

 

Thats looks REALLY good man. Please post pics once you install. I might do the same to my oem grill one day.....I see more and more Trenz around here all the time now.....UGH!

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.

 

how much touble is it to paint the grill tho ,like wat is the process