Painting Emblems & Grill Black Chrome
I was thinking of doing it the way people paint there front gills glossy black i guess the worse case would be that if it didnt look good then i would just end up with a debagged g instead
Originally Posted by Epidel
I was thinking of doing it the way people paint there front gills glossy black i guess the worse case would be that if it didnt look good then i would just end up with a debagged g instead
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Originally Posted by hanguk9117
Any shop can paint them black. You can do that yourself. I'm sure that's not tough. But if you wanted Black Chrome...you'd have to find a special shop that can do that. Infiniti-Parts.com sells the emblems in Black Chrome, but its pricey. If you don't trust yourself, and want the emblems black, call Johnny at International Auto Body (San Bruno, CA) at 650-871-5453. He painted my grill OB and did a great job. He has excellent prices as well.
IvoryGT does black housing. But you have to ship him your lights. He does excellent work, he did mine. PM him for a quote if you can afford to be w/o your headlights for 1-2 weeks.
IvoryGT does black housing. But you have to ship him your lights. He does excellent work, he did mine. PM him for a quote if you can afford to be w/o your headlights for 1-2 weeks.
Hanguk9117, does your OB grill chip at all? The last thing i want is to see chip all over on grill.
Originally Posted by kenempireex
Anyone tried Black Chrome Grill? It must be sick.
Hanguk9117, does your OB grill chip at all? The last thing i want is to see chip all over on grill.
Hanguk9117, does your OB grill chip at all? The last thing i want is to see chip all over on grill.
When i had my flat black OEM grill it did have quite a few rock chips... if you plan on going on a road trip id put some blue painters tape on it
I am flirting with the idea of doing a flat black grill as well and just swap it out every couple of weeks with my Ionic. However, I would probably do the Mt. Fuji flat black as well as I am not too crazy about the looks of chrome on flat black.
Stock 05+ is already a light black chrome. But you can always make it brighter and darker with custom paint, depending on how they mix the colors. EIP does black chrome too... there was a point when I was thinking about painting my whole car black chrome!
Originally Posted by dofu
Stock 05+ is already a light black chrome. But you can always make it brighter and darker with custom paint, depending on how they mix the colors. EIP does black chrome too... there was a point when I was thinking about painting my whole car black chrome!
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Here's what real black chrome (chromium) grill looks like on a DG 
Wish that were my grill.
And my real black chromium rear badges.
Found a spray-on product that comes very close, but it's too hard to get even and stay uniform while spraying over original chrome, so I'm going with a gun metal metalizer lacquer. Color not quite as real ones in the pictures, but oh well. I'll post pix when I do that in a few weeks.
Wish that were my grill.And my real black chromium rear badges.
Found a spray-on product that comes very close, but it's too hard to get even and stay uniform while spraying over original chrome, so I'm going with a gun metal metalizer lacquer. Color not quite as real ones in the pictures, but oh well. I'll post pix when I do that in a few weeks.
Originally Posted by kenempireex
Anyone tried Black Chrome Grill? It must be sick.
Hanguk9117, does your OB grill chip at all? The last thing i want is to see chip all over on grill.
Hanguk9117, does your OB grill chip at all? The last thing i want is to see chip all over on grill.
Maybe someday they will make paint that is indestructible, haha. But until then...rock chips are inevitable. Clear bra helps.
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Here's how mine turned out:
I've since applied a clear on my grill which make it pop and matches my JDM chrome badge finish.
Did my headlight bezels too:
Not quite black chrome color, but like the results never the less.
I've since applied a clear on my grill which make it pop and matches my JDM chrome badge finish.
Did my headlight bezels too:
Not quite black chrome color, but like the results never the less.