Painted OEM Front Grill - 5th Gen

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09-03-2007, 01:25 PM

M1RAG3

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Painted OEM Front Grill - 5th Gen

This weekend I sanded down and painted my 5th gen OEM front grill.

I used Krylon Fusion (plastic) paint with a gloss black finish. Here are some pics of the finished product. I decided to paint the gril black to match my black-housing projectors.

Tell me what you guys think!

09-03-2007, 01:25 PM

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09-03-2007, 04:32 PM

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Lets see how it would look installed.

09-03-2007, 05:50 PM

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Looks good...reminds me of my 5.5gen grill

09-03-2007, 06:55 PM

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Are those rocket lauchers in you head lights...

09-07-2007, 10:28 PM

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that looks real good
pics of it installed?

how will this look on a white car?

09-16-2007, 01:29 AM

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would definitely like to see pics of it installed.... did you get those corners smoked or do them urself?

09-16-2007, 09:58 PM

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would definitely like to see pics of it installed.... did you get those corners smoked or do them urself?

Did them myself...cost me $0

09-16-2007, 11:11 PM

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pics pics more pics can i ship my grill and have u do it.lol.i actually think it was a good job.Installed pics now,plz.

09-17-2007, 09:31 AM

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Do we really need to remove the whole front bumber assembly to work on the grill?

Damn it!!

And post some installed pictures!

09-17-2007, 11:10 AM

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would love to see it with the bumper installed
more pics lol
how did u smoke out the sidemarkers?
used the same paint? or taillight tint spray?

im plannin on doin this on my white 02
does anyone know how it will look> anyone got pics?

09-17-2007, 12:43 PM

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Do we really need to remove the whole front bumber assembly to work on the grill?

you need to remove the bumper to work with it since you need to spray from behind the grill also to get an even and complete finish. Plus...I didnt want to go through the trouble of masking the hell out of the rest of my car since that plastic paint sticks like a b**** to everything around it. Taking off the bumper is not difficult at all you just loosen the 2 screws (1 on each side) of the front wheel wells...and there is a few clips also holding it on...the whole job is like a weekend DIY

09-21-2007, 12:49 PM

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This is the same paint I used for my grill. Warning: This paint peels in really cold weather. My grill looked great for the summer that I painted it, but once it got to around freezing it started peeling and chipping. It looks good though.