Front grill Bezel paint Black or SGM?
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I am going to either paint or order a new front bezel for my is350 grill from sewell and need your opinion. I have black pearl emblems now and wondering what color to paint the front bezel because I do not like the chrome look. The color of my car is SGM so should I paint the bezel the same color as my car? Or should I get it painted black to match my emblems? I am leaning towards black. What do you guys think?
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lexman here's a link to my car with a blacked out bezel on a sgm...![Big Grin](https://www.clublexus.com/forums/images/smilies/biggrin.gif)
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lexman here's a link to my car with a blacked out bezel on a sgm...![Big Grin](https://www.clublexus.com/forums/images/smilies/biggrin.gif)
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Was it difficult to take off the front bezel?
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here i found this...
its should be pretty easy. just remove the 4 plastic pins and 1 10mm screw that holds the top of the grille. then just lightly pull it pull straight to toward your chest (do not pull up) there are some tabs on the side that might help unhook the bezel and the inner piece.
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I think black looks great on our SGM cars. Here's mine after 4 coats of primer, 6 coats of paint, and 4 coats of clear coat. $20 in parts. Very easy to do, just drying time is a pain.
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did you paint the grille around the emblem aswell? or thats the color it is stock?
I took mine out 3 months ago and cant remember what color it is stock, i have a black is250. Im gonna paint my bezel black cus as you can see its silver... and im gonna put original grille back in and see how that looks, prolly just like the pic from above.
But did you paint the grille minus emblem?
I took mine out 3 months ago and cant remember what color it is stock, i have a black is250. Im gonna paint my bezel black cus as you can see its silver... and im gonna put original grille back in and see how that looks, prolly just like the pic from above.
But did you paint the grille minus emblem?
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did you paint the grille around the emblem aswell? or thats the color it is stock?
I took mine out 3 months ago and cant remember what color it is stock, i have a black is250. Im gonna paint my bezel black cus as you can see its silver... and im gonna put original grille back in and see how that looks, prolly just like the pic from above.
But did you paint the grille minus emblem?
I took mine out 3 months ago and cant remember what color it is stock, i have a black is250. Im gonna paint my bezel black cus as you can see its silver... and im gonna put original grille back in and see how that looks, prolly just like the pic from above.
But did you paint the grille minus emblem?
I'm not if you were directing this question to me or not, but I just painted the bezel only. The vertical "slats" are stock.
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yea sorry forgot to quote... yea i been looking so much on this forum that i dont remember what the stock looks like... some people paint theirs, some switch it... just wanted to make sure. I like how yours looks alot. But then i like how mine looks now, and i will like it alot when i paint the bezel...its so damn hard to decide what i really want it to look like! Maybe i will just have 2 diferent grille + bezel 's and i will just switch them once every 6 months LOL
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Yeah, I hear ya man. I'm really happy with the way it turned out. Makes the front a bit more aggressive and a subtle. With just keeping the logo chrome, i think it blends well with the rest of the chrome on the car (i.e. window trim, and rear badges).
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