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Old 09-23-10, 08:38 AM
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Regardless, painting the grille is a waste of time....it will chip eventually. Been there done that.
Old 09-23-10, 08:44 AM
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Originally Posted by sway162
Regardless, painting the grille is a waste of time....it will chip eventually. Been there done that.
true, it's pretty much going to chip/flake any way you look at it. unless it is powder coated or painted with rock chip paint.
Old 09-23-10, 08:47 AM
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I never thought about rock chip paint. lol Does it work?
Old 09-23-10, 01:29 PM
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Originally Posted by 03LexIS300
stripping the grille and painting it isn't too awful bad, it just depends on what you want to do to it and how much time and work you want to put in it. are you looking to rattle can the grille or are you looking for a base/clear look?
Most like base/clear coat. Not sure how much that would cost or how long it would take, though.

Originally Posted by sway162
Regardless, painting the grille is a waste of time....it will chip eventually. Been there done that.
I have GGP and all the grills I find are black or white.
Old 09-23-10, 08:08 PM
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Originally Posted by sway162
I never thought about rock chip paint. lol Does it work?
haha yes it works very well, but the only downfall is the rough texture to the paint, but now days they make rock chip paint in many different colors or they make rock chip paint clear which enables you to put a base/clear over the rock chip to a color you want.
Old 09-23-10, 08:12 PM
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Originally Posted by GenEric587
Most like base/clear coat. Not sure how much that would cost or how long it would take, though.


I have GGP and all the grills I find are black or white.
well as far as painting it and etc. the price on that shouldn't be too bad. I believe you will have most of your money in paint, not actually prep/painting it. yes and sadly they are all white or black, but black would go good with your GGP, but GGP would also look really good too.
Old 09-23-10, 08:56 PM
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Hate to hijack thread
But I have 2 stock grills for sale
No broken tabs, not painted
$50 each

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Originally Posted by llllllllll
Hate to hijack thread
But I have 2 stock grills for sale
No broken tabs, not painted
$50 each

good price on those man!!
Old 09-23-10, 09:16 PM
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Thanks!
Yeah they are just chillin here collecting dust, I have a lot of stuff to get rid of.
haha
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Originally Posted by llllllllll
Thanks!
Yeah they are just chillin here collecting dust, I have a lot of stuff to get rid of.
haha
haha same here man, I have a lot of parts off my old 04 IS300 I still need to get rid of.
Old 09-27-10, 08:28 PM
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A mesh altezza grill would like super nice. Also, sport design ones are pretty good looking too
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