TokerIS350

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i've seen many of you guys with your black front grills
just wondering how most of you guys do it?

I know theres a DIY on painting that little chrome trim black..

anyone wana paint mine for a little cash

nick01

Its super easy. If you've seen the DIY its pretty self explanatory. All you need to do is remove the grill, sand it, prime it, paint it, clear it.

Phiber

just bring it to a body shop. I only paid $45 to have it paint matched with my car

joeker

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45? that's cheap

Lexasaurus

iTrader: (12)

I'm getting my grill, roof, roof spoler and interior pieces sprayed black next week, shouldnt be too expensive.

TokerIS350

iTrader: (13)

What shop did you go to?
Your in SoCal?

xuningshen

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whats the fun in bringing it to a body shop? if you love working on your own car do it yourself its simple,

remove it, its easy to figure out. the grill and the grill surround separate into 2 pieces, you'll have to take off the emblem if u wanna keep it chrome so you'll have 3 pieces total.

scuff up the chrome a little bit because paint has a hard time sticking to chrome, don't use too rough sand paper, i think 400 is rough enough

i used adhesion promoter to help the paint stick to the chrome,

i didn't primer it because i used adhesion promoter but i probably should've, just do a bunch of light coats of paint. followed by clear

its been on my car now for 2 months maybe, and i just have 1 very very small, barely noticeable spot where a little rock hit.

its not the best picture, its the only one i have on my computer at the moment. but it gives you an idea of how it looks, i flat blacked out the whole front grill and emblem. if u want a closer pic i'll take it for ya