okay i am going to paint my grill black this weekend.. so any tips from anyone that has done it before??... here is what i am going to do..

1. sand down the grill..
2. spray primer on grill
3. spray a couple layers of black paint.
4. clear coat it..

any other things i should do?? also.. what kind of paint is recommended..

 

when i did mines, i used a rotary sander and standed it to the plastic, and that wasn't nessisary. it just made a whole lot more work. just sand off the top chrome layer. and it won't look "great" becasue i think only a shop can make it look really good, unless you have the factory black. (if your cars black)

 

Get some wet sand paper, sand it down till it doesnt have a "shiney" look, then clean it with alcohol or some type of prep wipe, then blow it off and paint it.

 

leave the infiniti emblem chrome

 

I would take it to a shop, spray paint on the front of a vehicle won't last you more than a few months at best, and all of that prep work and having to redo it again will suck. Even if a body shop sprays it, its going to get chips, spray paint will be even worse. I would also sand all the way through the chrome to the black plastic underneath so when the chips start occuring, the chrome won't show through the paint

 

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thanks a lot guys... well the spray paint i was going to use was the Duplix Paint, it is k04.. which is black factory paint. yea i am definately gonna do it myself.. dont got the money to get it painted.. planning on getting the mrev2 and the spacer... very excited

 

spend a few buxs and take ity to a shop, to have it done right

 

why? nothing wrong with the chrome grill. it makes this car a luxury. if u paint it, then u are down grading ur car to a honda civic. whats next? APC stickers all over? painted brake rotors? another 'rebadge' to make the car look like something it isn't? haha.

 

lots of people have tastefully painted their stock grille..

 

buy it from me. i have mine painted flat black.

 

Mine's holding up good. Got it on this site from Sundeviljay (pretty sure it was him)

 

^^yep, sundeviljay and caskyline

caskyline is actually the one who makes them though

 

Was it painted by a body shop or spray painted?