i was bored yesterday and decided to black out my grill, sanded my grill down a bit with some 220 grit sandpaper to get some of the stubborn stuff off and to get it a bit rough, i got a can of flat black paint and had some clearcoat lying around thank god because that flat black look horrible against the car's finish, but after 2 coats of the clearcoat it looked really good. I kept the infiniti emblem chrome, it just popped right off of the grill. here are some pics sry they are at night i will get some others up

paint i used was rust-oleum high performance enamel, and dupli color acrylic laquer.

before:



after:

 

Fressh bro. I like it. I have had my grille on my 00 painted in that exact fashion and i absolutely love it. it looks just as good if not better on your car because of the blackd out headlights and JDM orange corners. big ups keep it up

 

I wanna say it looks sick, I'm hoping it looks the same in day light. It goes good with your 1 pieces though

 

got some daytime shots happy to say looks even better:







this little mod was def. worth my 15 mins. and $6.27 lol

 

Nice, +1 for boredem

 

The Night pictures look sick. Nice job!

 

It's I'll bro. Now tint your windows.

That's funny though, the things you do when your bored. Today I removed the pinstripes the last owner had, cleared my corners, and waxed it twice. I wanted to paint my calipers but I couldn't find any paint around here.

 

Beautiful man!!

I'd love to one day find a dark A32 5 speed someday

 

Nice job! That pict in the parking lot makes it look like a BMW with those rims on it!

I'd like to do mine, but I've got issues with the inability to undo something if I dont like it. Painting is one of those things.

 

those foglights look sick. you should paint those black. or take them off when you're bored.

now that you have your grill blacked out all you need is a nice gold chain.

 

ive gotta say the night time shots look awesome. It makes the car look a bit more luxurious if you ask me

 

I am definitely feeling it. Considering my grills are all blacked out, I am all for it.

 

happy for my first post after months of just reading, and curious to know how you got the pinstripes off?
and sorry about the hijack
the black on black look is sickk acee

 

Assuming they aren't real hand painted & cleared pinstripes of course.
If you get left with some nasty residue after peeling them off- a claybar is the shiz.

 

Hairdryer then use tar and bug remover to get the residue off. Works best on a hot day

 

nice....if i don't remember that i did the mod..at night from far away...i'd be running up to my car cause i would think that my grill got jacked..heh...

 

Good job! I like it! Like what they said, the night pics definitely rocks! It makes your car look really mean and aggressive.

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jeallous....wish i have a black car i would black that bish up...

 

Nice!

 

Nice job man! Almost give the front a whole new look

 

ncie i did that to my grill, but now im gettin a cefiro grill its sportyer

 

looks good!

 

Ha! I did this on the same day. Did it to the sport grill. Hows yours holding up to chipping Crusher? Btw, I'm loving the rims you got.

 

like this??



Black grill FTW!!

 

so far so good, no chips at all. i got plenty of paint in that can incase it does decide to chip haha.

 

Yup, I'm pulling my front plate. Cool grill too, unfortunately it would not work on my car due to it's color.

 

Wow looks great !

 

, wonder how it would look on a a33.

 

^^^try it, it'll probably look sick.

that looks great, all you need are some black wheels and murder that ***** out lol...

 

Infiniti owners seem to get a lot done when they're bored. I love the look. Makes me want to try.

 

That looks pretty awesome man. I just got my first car ('96 I30) I hope that some day it'll look as good. I'm pretty ignorant with this stuff btw but what are HIDs?

 

HIDs are high intensity discharge headlights, they use an arc instead of a filament to produce light and have a bight bluish tint. They come stock on the I35 and 5.5 gen max not sure about the later gens.

 

This thread lives? or its just barely limping along. The paint on the grill finally started chipping so i might have to sand it down and re-do the grill

and to answer the question above here is the difference, No HIDS:



Projectors & HIDs the correct way to do it:



both cars are I30s btw:

 

Cefiro Black Mesh Sports Grille


Cefiro JDM Nissan Sports Grille

 

looks good

 

hey crusher what what kind of wheels do you have on the car in your first post? I've been looking at wheels and so far I'm not really interested in too many.

 

I really like the look of the "Cefiro black mesh sports grille." Hot.