followed the DIY on this forum and painted my grill yesterday at the mod day in socal. Here are some pix Feel free to ask me any questions you my have in order to get this done properly.









And I cleaned my wheels with some wheel wax and hot tire shine/foam

 

It looks good. What's next?

 

headlights with retrofit...blacked out

 

black out that window trim too

 

lookin good man. Headlights done asap!!! You getting them done my Paul?? I'll be sure to post pics when mine come in this week so you can see what yours will look like!!

 

I chatted with E_K yesterday about retrofitting that baby...He gave me a few really resourceful pointers. I am thinking about attacking it myself........

 

Looks like that wheel wax worked out good for ya!

 

Power to ya man!!

 

yeah actually it did

 

I was never really a fan of the the blacked out grilles on a car that isn't black, but with the Nismo kit, a matte black grille fits in very nicely with the black underneath... Has anyone ever tried using a trim black paint instead?

I think it would look much better if it was color matched instead...

 

Honestly, I don't think there are that many shades of black.....

its either really flat......really glossy.....or in between. I'd just use primer/color coat/clear combo. I don't think the trim paint is made to withstand heavy abuse...and the grill will get all kinds of **** flying at it at freeway speeds....i'd be afraid to use anything not made for it.

 

I only said that because I see a lot of people painting their grilles gloss black and IMO, it looks ugly unless the car is gloss black to begin with... I have no clue how well trim black will hold up, but it is made for exterior trim (at least I think it is )

 

looks sick!im loving the black top more and more too!

 

lookin good!

 

LOOKS GREAT !!!! , what kind of tail lights do u have

the LEDs

or the round LEDs ??