I got tired of trying to find a gialla grille in the US, searched for weeks, so I decided to paint mine. I first scotch brited the flat surfaces, then masked the faces of the bars, then painted the grille flat black. It was easy but once again time consuming. I wanted a billet look, classy but sporty. The whole plastic chrome grille looked a little cheesy to me. I'm very happy with the look of it now. It also matches my black housing headlamps.



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2nd pic; Also my bumper is off because I just painted my nismo replica bumper. I will be putting it on tomorrow with my 20" black centered iforged aeros. I will post complete car pics tomorrow.



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pic 3.



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Nice clear lenses.... How did you do all that? I gotta give you compliments..

 

Cannot wait to see the final pics!

2003.5 G35C BL/GR, NAV, PREM, AERO, TINT, SPORT, Splash, V1

 

Very Nice.
I am working on doing something with my stock grille too. Will post pics when I finish.

BillR

 

"Nice clear lenses.... How did you do all that? I gotta give you compliments.."

yes, yes, where did you find the clear blinkers? (not side markers)


'04 Red/willow 5a, all but navi

 

I would be interested in seeing some better after pics of the grill. I saw The pics you posted with the bumper and Wheels and it looks incredible. The wheels are beyond words.

G35C Blk, 6MT, Lthr, Aero, Prem

 

joenismo,
I also scotchbrited my grill a while back. I left the outside Border of the Grill Chrome to set off the Brushed Aluminum Look a little more(hard to tell by this Pic). IMO the Brushed Alum. look, goes better with the Diamond Graphite...
Hey, everyone calls me NismoRick, we must be related.

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One More...



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rugrat that looks awesome


03 BS/Graph 6MT Prem Cp
19" GunM TE37 275/30 MPSports
kg/mms,cambers,cusco sways,injen int/exh,Alpine/JL/Stinger,din master

 

That's stunning [img]/w3timages/icons/cool.gif[/img]

still searching for the perfect look for mine, these pics are inspiring.

 

I have a question for you all. My g is black, and I'm thinking about painting the stock grill glossy black like the body. How do you think it'll come out? Does anyone know how much I should expect to pay?

 

Thanks Guys, in the immortal words of Sherman Clump.
"Why thank you, I'm Fatter, I... I mean I'm Flattered"

Docmassage, you can buy a new grill from Infiniti for around $130+. That way you'll have your original if you don't like the new look. And if you don't want to paint it yourself you can probably get a body shop to paint it for around $150.00 or less ...
Here's an old Pic of my car w/ a Black grill, IMO it didn't look so Hot with the Diamond Graphite, but it would probably look Good on a Black G...

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Thanks for the info rugrat. By the way, do you think it'd be too much to paint both the headlights and the grill black? Should I stick with the grill?