For those who painted their stock grille-how many cans?
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For those who painted their stock grille-how many cans of paint?
I just wanted to know how many cans of paint you guys needed to put 3 or 4 coats of paint on your OEM grille. I'm thinking one 12oz can should be enough, but just wanted to make sure before i buy stuff.
Last edited by EvolutionGSR; 10-28-2007 at 08:58 PM.
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Originally Posted by skaterbasist
i'm no painiting expert- how "fool-proof" do you think doing this yourself is?
I wish there was a better process of blacking out the OEM grille; half of the painted grilles have so many tiny rock chips on it.
I'm assuming most of these blacked out grilles are gloss black?
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I wish there was a better process of blacking out the OEM grille; half of the painted grilles have so many tiny rock chips on it.
I'm assuming most of these blacked out grilles are gloss black?
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it's not difficult at all. sand, primer, sand again if necessary, paint, clear. that's it.
if you know how to use sand paper, use spray cans correctly (to apply even coats), then you can do this yourself.
eric can also have your grille painted for you for about $40 if you don't wanna do it yourself. that's really cheap, IMO.
and you can't really avoid rock chips...unless you don't drive your car.
i take that back, i'm pretty lucky. i don't have any rock chips and i've had my grille on for a few months now. don't tailgate, either. that'll only lead to more rock chips/faster.
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Paint is never immune to rock chips, even professionaly painted pieces, just look at my front bumper! My grill has a few chips from the long journey up and down I-5 between portland/seattle, but the beauty of DIY and not using clear is that its super easy to touch up the grill. All you have to do is smooth out the chips, hit those bare areas with primer, scuff the rest of the paint, and lay down a new layer. As the layers get thicker and thicker, the paint only gets stronger.
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Originally Posted by emceephi
Is the emblem easy to remove? I want to paint the grill black and leave the emblem chrome like aHero4Eternity. Or did you just tape that thing up?