Decided to pull the grille and try out the blackout DIY. Turned out really well. Taking the side clips was a pain in the *** until you stop, look, and think about it for a second. Won't be an issue the next time I take it off and try the plastic coating in black to avoid rock chips.

Waiting another couple hours before installing it, will post final pics-hopefully I'll still have a little light

 

w/ Mt. Fugi installed

 

Nice job! =)

 

Installed

 

What paint did ya use?

 

Before & After


Used:

Duplicolor Arylic Enamel flat black paint
Duplicolor Sandable Primer
400-Grit wet2dry sandpaper

 

Nice. I painted mine using plasti-dip (in b4 the plasti-haters). Looks good. Did it about 3 months ago and it still looks perfect. But im taking it off soon and re-doing it with real paint cause I want a gloss black look.

Here's a pic I took a couple days ago for a photoshoot. Dont have one close up but it looks identical to yours.

 

Looks great kvp35!!!! I did the same thing with the clips. I was about to just rip it off and then a moment of clarity. (Beer break) BAM!!!!!! It was a piece of cake.

 

I did the same thing but couldnt find the duplicolor flat black so i used rust oleum and the nozzle as good as duplicolor on. It is so much hard to keep even coats using it since it is a regular circle nozzle and not a directional one like duplicolor paints. I ll have pics up tomorrow after I install it. I just didn't clear coat it since I wanted it to stay as flat as possible.

 

Looks great, nice job!

 

That looks sick. Cant wait to do that to mine. About how long did it take to do all that?

 

just did mine on my IP since the chrome was fading. I used semi-gloss black rustoleum and about 5 coats.

Held the can about 10" away and let the overspray cause a subtle textured look and lessen the gloss finish. came out great, i'll try to upload some pics tomorrow

 

Looks great with the black. Nice work.

 

looking good kvp35