Thanks
I've done an emblemless grille and now have a full blacked out grille since this thread. I think I need to decide on what I want and leave it alone lol

 

How's the grille holding up to rock chips?

 

Hey I forgot about this thread. I referanced it before I did mine. I only used 800 grit though.
Sanded the last coat of primer before the paint, after several coats (I think about 4-5) I sanded the last layer and then started on clear. After a couple layers of matte clear, I sanded very lightly and put on the last layer.
I'm very happy with the way it came out. Sanding the 2nd-last layer of clear helped eliminate any orange peel.

 

^That came out great Ashley

I use Duplicolor Bumper Coating cause it has a flex agent in it. All my friends up here use the same paint. It's held up nicely so far. I love the finish on it. It flattens itself out and lays down nicely. You just have to remember to do thin layers so you don't have to deal with overspray

 

^Yep. Many thin layers > any number of thick layers

 

it looks sweeet

 

hey if you dont mind PM'ing me a price to paint the inside of my headlights for me im just to scared to bake em open

 

^sorry I didn't see your post till just now and I'm retired from painting headlights

You can however, gain confidence by using this thread

https://g35driver.com/forums/lightin...eadlights.html

 

that sucks and your local 2 im to scared to bake my headlights haha i will prolly man up to it someday

 

It's easy. As you can see in the thread, others that were scared to try it did and were successful. If you can take the down time, bring me the headlights and I'll bake them apart for you, then you can take them home and give them some rattle can love

 

haha im going to hibernate on the idea lol thanks tho

 

I was successful at doing the grille, the headlights will be the next mod. Where or how did you get the turn signal lens clear on the assembly?

 

Replied to your PM

 

Question,

Did you see a noticeable difference before the clear went on as opposed to after? How much gloss did it give it compared to JUST the bumper coating paint?

Thanks

 

^Not a huge difference, but slightly noticeable.
As you'll note, I used matte clear. It didn't add any gloss at all. Quite the opposite.
My only reason for adding clear was just a little extra protection, as the grill does take a beating.

Also, I did not use "bumper coating" paint. I used Valspar spray paint: