anyone paint their stock gle grille to match the body color? im in the process of doing it. im sanding the chrome painted part, but its taking forever to sand it off. anyone have any ideas what would work better? also, how many coats of primer and paint should i use? am i better off getting paint from the dealer..or can i get a can/pint from pep boys, autozone, etc.??? thanks in advance

 

help please

 

bump!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Been there done that. Sand it down, primer it and give it 3 or 4 good coats of spray and another 2 or 3 of clear coat. Make sure they're good coats of clear, it will chip from the rocks and debris from the highway if you dont.

 

yes make sure you do it on a warm day so the paint sticks better

 

where is the best place to get paint? should i go to a dealer??

 

i used krylon fusion and duplicolor clearcoat myself. You could find spraypaints at walmart. Make sure you do a light coat of paint first and then heavy coats after. I painted mine black and i already have two small chrome chips This is a lot of driving on the turnpike if u dont know is notorious for pebbles and cracking windshields all over jersey. Good luck. oh yea, ventilation. two of my roommates moved out after I stunk oup the room.

 

yeh, i forgot to sand the chrome on mine and now looks like shiate.

i'm thinkin about gettin a mat grey paintable grill off of ebay b/c is really cheap and have a shop paint it.

has anyone bought one off of ebay?

 

I sanded mines down pretty good and gave it to a body shop to paint. The chrome grille I did before on my own ended up chipping away.