Used Krylon Fusion for plastic and Dupli Color clear coat

 

Looks pretty good. Find an air-brush guy who does work on dealership's used cars, you can have all those rock chips air-brushed for about 50 bucks, it makes a huge difference in about 15 minutes of work.

 

i want to paint my grill, but i want to remove my hamburger and have it resemble the black pearl emblems in teh back...did you cover your whole front end?

 

i say get the chrome emblem again....

 

cool ill look into that
I covered the hood with a bed sheet and masked off the surrounding areas of the grill with some masking tape and newspaper

Yeah ill order one, they cant be that hard to find

 

how hard is it to pop of the emblem?

 

Well i actually wanted it black...

 

i'm not knocking yours, it doesnt look half bad, but i want pearl black like the rear SE emblems i have

 

I always wanted to do that to my 5th gen but I would have kept the emblem the way it was but since you did that you should get rid of all that other chrome **** too. Good job though came about nice

 

Looks good, nice job.

 

Did mine a few weeks ago too , cant remember what I used but it was some Wal-mart grade stuff....I was watching south park and got bored so I decided to paint it

popped it out
sanded it
popped out the emblem

painted.


mind you the bolt that's right infront of the hood latch can be a little annoying to get if you're taking the whole thing out like I did

 

I have to get around to doing this when it gets warm again.

 

did mine long time ago
no chrome for me
looks good btw

 

I wanted to change the trip from chrome to black, did you use the tape or did you spray it?

thanks

 

trim*
oem trim rattle can
adhisive promoter first on chrome
lots of patience in tapeing/prep

 

Looks good . Im not very good with paint so I had a body shop do mine semi-gloss black after my accident.

Here's a pic:

 

You have a wash bay at your house? Deadly lol

 

looks nice u should have left the nissan burger chrome thou.

 

You maxima awesome, what is that above your headlights?
Thanks man
Thanks
Im getting rid of all the chrome on the car, i really dont like it especially the trim around the doors

 

That's OEM weatherstripping. Not every car came with it. There's a TSB about hood shaking that this simple strip of rubber addresses.

Looks good, doesn't it? Very finished.

 

It looks cool man i like it

Also, is that a standard maxima color?

 

i thought i was tripping when i saw my hood shaking all the time.

 

See, you're quoting me, but you're actually addressing the OP.

Otherwise... yes, black rubber is a standard color.

 

No, it's real. Go buy the weather strip kit from your local Nissan parts department. It's like $18 USD, or thereabouts.

BTW, I'm with you guys... that Merlot 5.0 gen looks fantastic. Really, really good.

 

chrome burger>black burger.

 

no burger on grille > all

B

 

fail.

 

lol...personal preference i guess

B

 

Imma paint my grille black soon... probably Krylon Fusion for plastic with a Duplicolor CC like the OP did. But I like the burger left shiny I'm not a fan of too much chrome on a vehicle, but in this case, the emblem looks good IMHO. (I have a 5.5 gen though, so the burger is a little bigger, etc. Maybe that's why I like it so much, I don't know...)

 

I painted my 5.5 grill gloss black a few weeks ago using the same paint w/out the clear, and left the chrome burger. On my white car I really like the way it turned out. I only painted the silver though, b/c I wanted the contrast of the gloss black and the flat black plastic. I spent hours taping over all the black plastic... just need to upload some pics.

 

Good lookin man.

 

Yeah, let's see some pics on this thread when you get 'em. I've been debating whether or not to paint the whole grille gloss black, or just paint the front silver like you did. I'd like to see how yours turned out. Try to get some pics that show the transition from gloss black to the OEM black.

 

I'd like to see what people have done with this JDM Grille on eBay for $89.

 

THAT'S where that grille is!! I've always wondered what people did to get that OEM grille look all smoothed out without the burger.

 

Yes and no. This JDM grille can be purchased online. However, Prophecy and Squirrel (Sp?) here on the Org have used their body-shop skills to delete the burger from their OEM grille. They did a crazy good job of it, and it's an awesome look, but unrealistic for the rest of us. If you consider how many hours are involved, imagine paying that to a body shop, and still no guarantee it would turn out to your satisfaction.

I have to say, I'm becoming increasingly jealous looking at this work.



That's why I'm interested in this JDM Grille; (which also comes in carbon fiber, btw.)

Imagine this JDM grill painted satin black, with gun-metal black chrome across the face of the two bars.

 

A little bit of photoshop curiosity...

OEM Grill with burger:



OEM Grill without burger:

 

ive been wanting to paint my grill too lol looks nice.

And im loving that jdm grill too

 

Yeah me too! It's a really nice look. I bet it'd look good black on my sterling silver car

 

They make a tape for that, I wouldn't paint it if thats what you're planning.

http://www.nissanclub.com/forums/200...sing-tape.html

 

Thanks ...Like Rochester said, its weatherstripping, came with the new headlights after my front end collision. They both started peeling off after just a couple months so I had to glue them back on.

Are you talking about the color of my Maxima? its Merlot and yes, its a standard color