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Well........finally got a nice day outside and decided to paint my grille. I'm waiting on the paint to dry right now before adding the clear coats. Hopefully it turns out nice, looking good so far. Will post pics as soon as I'm done!!


The pics are up. Just a couple shots of the grille. Blacking out the head lights is the next move!!

 

Well, I'm done but I can't figure out how to post pictures. Anybody know let me know.

 

what did you use to upload your photos?

 

I want to take them from Picasa

 

Just use photobucket

 

 

Alrighty, working on it now.

 

Any pics from a little further away? like whole frontal pics?

 

Ditto man. You can't see **** from those pix.

 

looks good man. i would have painted the entire thing black except for the chrome grill border.

 

New pic up... Should be what your looking for. Taking a pic of the grille made me realize I still have the dealership plate holders on, lol. Gotta change that!!

 

I like what you did witht he stock grill JTJohns it looks nice. I wish I had a black car. I am also a fan of silver and smoke gray.

Ok I don't want to thread jack but I didn't think I needed a new thread just for it and It's related. Installed my new AT-F (cmod) grill yesterday and it installed all fine but I am undecided whether I should paint it or leave it stock the way it came.


ye olde grille, was peeling


being installed


installed sideview


front view


keep in mind I will be getting a tint all around and smoking out the taillights. thanks guys

 

I prefer stock, or get it painted car color... just my point of view. Aftermarket grilles never seem to fit

For the OP: Nice black paint job on the grille. I need to remove the peeling clearcoat on mine. One guy said he used gel paint remover, I'll try that. But I need to take it off, etc.... next week maybe.

 

Your right with the not fitting. It sits well but once you button it down it sticks out.. I havent put that double sided black cushion tape in their to keep it tacked down so it's sticking out quite a but in these pictures. I may paint it black like FastMax05

 

Thanks....I used aircraft paint remover. Anyway, it did a good job, but don't leave it on long at all!! My clear coat started bubbling as soon as I poured it on.

 

Looks great!

I painted my factory grille to match my powdercoated winter wheels...


Love the dark look.

 

I'm feeling the wheels.... Now I'm thinking about playing around with mine.

 

That looks great with the white. When you took off the emblem was it smooth or did you have to fill and holes?

 

It has to be filled...

Here's another project grille I have sitting around.

It's for sale BTW.

 

hey im trying to paint my grille and emblems black..can u gimme some steps on how to do that?

 

Im also looking to experiment with an old grille and paint it black.

Any suggestions on what kind of paint to use ? Do I need to prime and then add a clear coat ?

Can I just use spray paint ?

I have a new factory grille and just wanted to experiment with painting my old grille which had peeling paint.

 

Jtjohn I liked the way you did that whats the paint you used cause I want to do the same because I dont like the way my grille looks right now.

 

paint everything flat black so the cops can't laser you