After 3 layers of Base black and two clear on the roof, she looks pretty good! I was able to get involved in most of the painting steps which I found really interesting. Makes me want to get the rest of my car done. Anyways, had the rims sandblasted and powdercoated a semi-gloss black and kept the centre caps chrome. Looks pretty good with the Bezels I did not too long ago. Still unsure if I should paint the grille, comments welcome Here's the process:

 

definitely do something with that grill, your car looks awesome but that oddly themed grill kills the looks in the front enD!!

it'd be nice to address the chrome window trim + door handles too.......either color matched or blacked out!

 

the oem lip would also add aggressiveness to your front end too!!

MOD BUGGGGGGGGGGG

 

She's looking great, Kevin, will definitely add some variety to Saturday's meet!

 

grille is ruining the look of the car...paint the whole thing or do the grille black and leave the emblem chrome..but IMO id do the whole thing

 

Thanks for the comments guys. I was hoping the smoked chrome of the stock 05/06 grille would contrast nicely but it is starting to look a little out of place. I've got some time tommorow so I think I'll strip it down and paint it. Might be kinda cool to have two emblems, one black, one chrome depending on what you wanna rock that day. They do snap on and off easy enough..

 

Looks good bro

 

I like it.

 

I would paint the grille black, emblem silver, chrome trim black, door handles silver and some lips to finish off the look =]