Like the title says... I painted my rear emblem & the interior door pulls the same color as my grill. I think it turned out pretty good especially since I painted it myself haha. The door pulls were originally a BRUSHED ALUMINUM color, but I didn't take pics of it before I painted it. I still haven't been able to get a new camera so I apologize ahead of time for the crappy pics.

All Four Door Pulls Painted:

Another:

Close up when it was installed:

Installed:


After of it Painted:

Another:

From Afar:


I used this Duplicolor paint... Its called Metalcast (smoke color)
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Overall, I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out & I like this color. It was pretty hard for me to find this color locally so I had to have one of the Kragens order it from their warehouse & have it delivered the next day (they were all sold out or didn't carry this color).

I'm also thinking of using this same color to paint the chrome trim around the windows... what do you guys think??

Thanks for looking =]
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Edit: Adding pics of painted window trim (crappy phone pics)

side shot:


front section:

rear section:

close up:


some-what better pics of grill:



I used the same color paint as the grill, rear emblem & interior door pulls. I didn't want to paint it black like majority of the people so I thought this would be a little different. I'm pretty happy overall!

 

*thumbs up

 

thanks

 

That all looks very nice, question....how are those door pulls going to survive with your long nails? Assuming of course you have those $60 a month nails like my wife has....
Gary

 

Nice job...you go girl!

 

No long nails haha... how am I supposed to work on my car w/ long nails? I don't get my nails done, therefor I don't worry about scratching anything.

Anyways, I also sanded & clear coated it

 

Thanks G35papa... your car is an inspiration to me

 

how close of a color is that paint to the oem color?

 

Its like a smoke gray... waaaaay darker than the oem brushed aluminum. I'll try & take a pic later comparing it to the brushed aluminum color

 

Now smoke the tails. Trunk looks bare with a random black symbol there. With black tails though it would look awsome!

 

I want to eventually get the 05-06 tails & hikkatadori trunk.

I'm also thinking of using the same color to paint the chrome around the windows. What do you guys think????

 

HAHA....true nails and working on a car don't work. That's why my wife has never even washed her Vettes, I guess that why she has me....
Gary

 

haha my bf helps me with things, but I like to learn & help out. I did actually paint this on my own though

 

Very nice!

 

Did a good job. My gf as well helps A TON with work on my car all the fine detail stuff that im not good on. She blacked out all the chrome trim around my windows with vinyl. Also did carbon fiber interior with vinyl on my car.

I am not good at fine detail and stuff like that she is a pro.