Yup, painted the stock grill black.

Came out awsome, My picture is terrible cause i took it with my phone, but you get the idea.

Im thinking of painting the headlights AE style to match...

 

Think you should've went with a set up like this. IMO it just doesn't flow well. Your whip none the less though.

This guy **** is sick with it.

 

I have that max on my backround, its wwwsome

but i didnt wanna spend the money to get it painted at a shop to match , mine costed me about 2$ to do and it looks alot hotter in person than n my ****y pic

 

any way you could get a better pic later?

 

I think Pepboys has a color to match or real close to it. Looking in the paint section, it should be a small can. I think it has either the paint code on there or which car company it represents. ie... Nissan, Toyota, Ford, etc.

 

What was done to prep the part for paint? Can you outline what you did?
Mine looks like sh*t and I want to do it black as well. Thanks...

 

First i removed the grill, its held by 2 screws and some clips.

Then I removed the burger.

Then I sanded the grill lightly with about 2000 grit sandpaper just to get the finish off it.

I bought some paint the was made for plastics.. Forgot the name but any paint should be ok.

Then I painted on a First coat, let it dry for about 1 hour, and wet sanded and painted a second coat.

It came out pritty good for using spray paint.

I was gona do a clear coat but decided not to mess with it since it came out good without it.

Ill try to get my hands on a digi later and ill post up a better pic.

 

looks good man...going to look sick when u AE the headlights to match,... also now you have to get the black 00-01 taillights if u dont have them already

 

how did you get the clips off? And did you sand down the nissan logo also?

 

wow

 

I am assuming you have a 2000 maxima, so the grille doesnt' come out, you will have to tape it all off and paint, I just did this about a week ago....

 

Yea that doesnt' really help...and sorry I'm new to the whole car thing, I'm only 17 and work two jobs to pay for insurance and gas, so sorry I asked a question on a forum that is supposed to be helpful

 

thank you though daveq...that helps alot

 

newbie thread

 

actually a good example of when you should bump a thread....Jason