Hey guys, I recently painted my rims black (gloss) and was thinking about painting my grille and rear diffuser black as well. I already have all the supplies but am wondering whether I should paint them flat or gloss.

If someone can either photoshop or post a pic of the following on a LR, I'd appreciate it:
1. Flat black rear diffuser
2. Gloss black rear diffuser
3. Flat black grille (with silver mt. fuji)
4. Gloss black grille (with silver mt. fuji)

Lastly, I want some opinions.. do you guys recommend going with either of the above options or just staying stock?

 

im going to do the same thing. im painting my grill and rims glossy blk and keeping the emblem chrome, and i have overlays that i need to install for the roof and rear valence and tailights as well from blue bat. i also have a LR coupe

id say go for the glossy grill and rear valence it will look sick

 

Looks like you some work ahead of you :P

I've tinted my tails already (6/10 GTR) and my wheels. I haven't gotten a chance to do the diffuser and grille yet.. hopefully this weekend. I'll update with pics afterwards.

 

Decided to go with gloss black. 3 coats of plasti dip, 2 coats of gloss black, 1 coat of clear. Came out pretty good for the most part; although I went crazy on the clear and it started to run slightly but that's towards the very bottom and would only be seen when eye level to the diffuser (which I'm hoping nobody is lol)

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more pics

 

do gloss... I got picz but with silver... But im doing a custom paint job next month to Laser red with ice pearl...

 

flat black looks good..

 

Picture came out pretty dark yesterday cuz it was already dark out. I'll try to get a few today.



Kinda too late lol (see pic above)

I still have yet to do the grille.. Leaning towards gloss but if you guys have pics of LR with gloss/flat I would love to compare before proceeding with the painting.

 

Here is my LR G, with Gloss black grill. If you look close enough, you will notice I painted the roof and mirrors gloss black. I also painted my headlights gloss black.

 

ALSO NOTICED U DONT HAVE SIDE MARKERS!

 

I like it. Was gonna do it a couple days ago but got sick so I'll probably do it this weekend. Looks like you painted the housin black along with the shrouds, right? Looks good. I don't think I'll paint my roof, maybe get an overlay for it and do the headlight housing later.

Thanks for the pic. I personally HATE the nismo bumper but you rock it well.


Voodoo magic.

 

Looking good! Very clean G!

 

That is correct, I had them fill in.

Yes I painted the headlights, thank you for the compliment



Thank you sir, I am waiting on my wheels to come in, I ordered them on October, but it is a 5 month wait. She will look alot better. I am also doing custom trunk by TNT and getting the CS rear by ARCH