New painted grill
#1
New painted grill
When I got the car, he gave me an extra grill that was all chipped up and had some grime on it. Today I decided to clean it up and spray some paint to make it pop. Tell me what you think, I hope to get it on tomorrow. Debating on weather or not to put the knight symbol back on.
Before the Paint
After one coat
Before the Paint
After one coat
#4
RE: New painted grill
That is a big improvement. How much was a direct replacement? Or did you even consider that. I am only asking because it appears there is a chrome-ish trim around the grill that is now silver and matches the inside portion. Now it loses that contrast.
#5
RE: New painted grill
86ls, what kind of paint did you use and what kind of preparation did you do? is it just regular spray bomb enamel? did you use primer? i am looking to do something very similar to this and want to get some opinions on how people have done it and how it holds up. thanks.
#6
RE: New painted grill
Rick, I thought about a replacement, but we had some spray cans on the shelf and I wanted to mess around with it. It looks fine, better than the chipped up one.
Drew, The paint it just a Rust-Olem spray can. I started with some fine sand paper, scuffed up the edges, then went over the whole thing with a red scotchbrite. You have to make sure you get the whole deal looking good before paint, becuase it will show every inperfection that you missed. Before paint I sprayed it off with the air hose and it turned out fine.
Drew, The paint it just a Rust-Olem spray can. I started with some fine sand paper, scuffed up the edges, then went over the whole thing with a red scotchbrite. You have to make sure you get the whole deal looking good before paint, becuase it will show every inperfection that you missed. Before paint I sprayed it off with the air hose and it turned out fine.
#7
RE: New painted grill
Update:
A buddy of mine threw out the idea of painting the middle black and keeping the outer rim silver. I decided to take his advise, and took the grill back off. I had some gloss black, and I just shot it tonight. I hope to get a second coat, and tomorrow take the tape off and see how I did.
I'll be sure to get some pictures up, hope it turns out as good as it looks in my head!
A buddy of mine threw out the idea of painting the middle black and keeping the outer rim silver. I decided to take his advise, and took the grill back off. I had some gloss black, and I just shot it tonight. I hope to get a second coat, and tomorrow take the tape off and see how I did.
I'll be sure to get some pictures up, hope it turns out as good as it looks in my head!
#8
RE: New painted grill
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That SpaceKid isn`t very good @ paint`in or PhotoChop`in [8D]4-Sure
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Update:
A buddy of mine threw out the idea of painting the middle black and keeping the outer rim silver. I decided to take his advise, and took the grill back off. I had some gloss black, and I just shot it tonight. I hope to get a second coat, and tomorrow take the tape off and see how I did.
I'll be sure to get some pictures up, hope it turns out as good as it looks in my head!
Update:
A buddy of mine threw out the idea of painting the middle black and keeping the outer rim silver. I decided to take his advise, and took the grill back off. I had some gloss black, and I just shot it tonight. I hope to get a second coat, and tomorrow take the tape off and see how I did.
I'll be sure to get some pictures up, hope it turns out as good as it looks in my head!
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That SpaceKid isn`t very good @ paint`in or PhotoChop`in [8D]4-Sure
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