Painted Grille

[Beast45]

very easy mod... the only time i really worked on was prepping, giving even coats, and wait time... otherwise very simple.

remove top clips (i have 6 total)

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left top clips removed

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top right clips removed

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left bottom clips

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bottom right clips

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prep materials used

1. water/alcohol mix bottle
2. Rapid prep - removes lubricants
3. 3M 1200 grit sand paper
4. bucket of water/soap mix for wet sanding

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wet sand grille

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1 can of Krylon Fusion Satin Black / first coat

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after 5 coats

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gave it 3 coats of Krylon Fusion Clear Coat paint then after 1 hour drying i installed it back on the front bumper

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oh at the same time i gots my new plates... nuf said!

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[bleedingsujit]

does look perfect. same for the headlights perhaps?

 

[ocal21]

looks awesome, good job

 

[GEE50FX]

Sweet

 

[Dr.2K]

Nice work and write-up!

 

[Beast45]

will most likely paint the HL housing... waiting to get my HID for HL and Fogs... will prob do it at the same time.

im guessing that will be more involved.

does look perfect. same for the headlights perhaps?

 

[StuLax18]

Very nice! I would have thought we already had a DIY for this, but maybe just threads about it. Yours is very helpful though. One day I will find a spare grille for this.

 

[la_fx35]

Nice. One day, I will get to it. thanks for the write up.

 

[gmgagne]

wow nice!

 

[ghettojiggalo]

good write-up man!

btw looks like your headlights are clouded a bit?

 

[Dracula]

film on heads? or if stock heads you need to buff your headlights, i presume you have the pre-recalled headlight?, i use to have those and they were yellow, dealer changed them

 

[Beast45]

i have precut light smoke film over the HL side only... i didnt put the film that goes over the turning lights... almost impossible to put on due to the curvature of the lamp so i left them off. (rvinyl.com)... not liking them though:mad.:

 

[mjg344]

Pics are gone too bad. wanted to check this out

 

[IR3Impulse]

can't see the photos

 

[yanfx]

can someone fix the pics please? I really was interested to see this write up...

 

[gojira]

Too bad theirs are no longer hosted, but I can imagine the results. A lot of my friends nowadays are raving about plasti- dip. Has anyone tried here? Comes out of a can with min prep, and when you get sick of the look or it's time to sell, you just pick at a corner and peel the rubberized paint right off.