My cars going back into the body shop to get the bumper painted tomorrow. Since the grille is already off, what options do I have for the grille that you guys have tried - I was thinking either body paint matched (DG), or flat black to go with the black inserts on the nismo bumper. I also have smoked indicators and plan on getting the headlights painted (the insides) at some point

pics of either, or any other suggestions? Also, is this hard to do/labor intensive?

 

here's a pic of mine. Flat black grille with mt fuji left chrome. flat black headlight bezels and tsx projectors (not shown in this pic). It matches the ducts in the nismo front. Since I have to have a front plate, I have a flat black metal license plate frame which ties in nicely (it's blocked out in this pic though)... Here's a pic..

 

i'll post a pic of the colormatched with DG and emblem delete when I get home...

I'm going to paint mine black soon though...

just found an old one on photobucket account...sorry for the lousy pic...

 

I think the grille should match the headlight housing... here's smoked with black chrome emblem:

 

damn your rides look good, i think flat black or smoked on both the headlight housings and grilles will be the way to go. I'm also tinted, smoked indicators and tails, and have graphite coupe rims.

Any other pics would be appreciated, but you guys have been real helpful

 

Semi-gloss or low-gloss black looks a lot better than flat IMO. I just painted a set of headlights for another member and used low-gloss (between flat and semi-gloss) and they came out very nice. IMO flat black can look like primer.

 

someone should use a black chrome paint... whoever does, I'm gonna be jealous!!! I considered redoing all the ancillary stuff I painted with black chrome, but it's probably not worth the expense... I might use it for interior pieces at some point.

For anyone interested, here are links to black chrome paint (I hope no one is intersted actually, because I'm gonna be jealous of anyone that goes this route)

Edit:
Ooops, preious was wrong link (deleted now)... here are the two paint ones:
http://www.motostorm.com/gpage9.html

http://www.innate.com/Paint/Chrome/HyperBlack.htm