painted my grille black

[la_fx35]

Many of us DIY it. We sand away the chrome, spray it with rattle can paint by Kylon Fusion plastic paint and then clear coat it.

 

[dogburrito]

Does the chrome need to be removed completely? What is used for clear coat?

 

[la_fx35]

No need to completely remove the chrome. I use the 3M brown Scotch-brite abrasive pad to scuff the chrome. I use the Eastwood 2K Clear. The Eastwood clear is 2 parts with a harderner and clear in one rattle can. You activates (mix it) when you ready to use. It only has a shelf life of up to 48 hours. Any left in the can will harden cannot be used.

 

[illestFX35]

yes i did all of this at home in my garage. I scuffed it down with some sandpaper then I used 3 light coats plastic based primer which just primer that is for plastic surfaces. after it dried i wetsanded with 2500 grit to make it smooth and let it dry. I sprayed 4 coats of rustoleum gloss black high performance enamel and then 4 even coats of krylon clear. I plan to wetsand the pieces i painted and buff them out after the paint cures because in some areas it did get not shiny and there was slight orange peel. and i did the same with my grille. also i cant stress enough to do this on a not windy warm sunny day! It makes things a lot easier.

 

[neva4self]

Good job everything came out nice. I just used rattle cans to paint my wheels and the next project is a DIY full chrome delete. Did you take your handles off to paint them? I didn't remove my tires when I painted my wheels it just took a lot of patience applying painters tape to mask everything off.

 

[illestFX35]

Good job everything came out nice. I just used rattle cans to paint my wheels and the next project is a DIY full chrome delete. Did you take your handles off to paint them? I didn't remove my tires when I painted my wheels it just took a lot of patience applying painters tape to mask everything off.

does this help? i heard it was a pain in the ass to take em off so i masked them instead. with the big gaps its not hard at all


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[XPAINTCMB1]

turned out Great, looks good. whats the next mod?

 

[la_fx35]

Nice masking job. Hope you were able to do really good job prep/clean the pieces to be painted so the paint stay for the long run. They came out nice.

 

[illestFX35]

turned out Great, looks good. whats the next mod?

wheels and suspension. I ordered 22" forgesters

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Nice masking job. Hope you were able to do really good job prep/clean the pieces to be painted so the paint stay for the long run. They came out nice.

Yea i used alcohol after I sanded easy to mask with those big gaps

 

[la_fx35]

:good:

 

[PEEJ]

Looks like you were extremely thorough with the paint preparations. Looking forward to seeing the finished product! I'm sure it turned out great!

 

[illestFX35]

Looks like you were extremely thorough with the paint preparations. Looking forward to seeing the finished product! I'm sure it turned out great!

yea after i get back from wekfest tommorow ill wash it and give the trim some compound


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[illestFX35]

the detailing never happened after wekfest but i just got the car washed and finished off the handles. i think I want to debadge the car. both the "fx35" and the infiniti logo. lemme know what yall think.


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[RIPnFX]

I would debadge it but def keep the Infiniti logo. I would also black out the window trim as well.

 

[illestFX35]

I would debadge it but def keep the Infiniti logo. I would also black out the window trim as well.

yea bro. i tried this shadowline vinyl bs and it didnt work it just started bubbling up. i will paint them later on. i really want to remove both of them because it looks cleans as hell. trying to get him on the forum


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[RIPnFX]

I follow that guy on Instagram, he has a sick fx

 

[illestFX35]

I follow that guy on Instagram, he has a sick fx

yea bro. you should bag yours...


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[Themechanic]

The handles look great bro!

 

[RIPnFX]

yea bro. you should bag yours...


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I actually am next month, already ordered the bags 2 weeks ago lol. Will be selling my BC coilovers soon.

 

[illestFX35]

I actually am next month, already ordered the bags 2 weeks ago lol. Will be selling my BC coilovers soon.

ill buy the coils... youre doing the airrex setup?


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