painted grille

[lvethesnow]

so i started to paint my grill. sanded it down a little. 2 coats of primer 2 coats of flat black. going to get dupli color basic black to finish but havent found any in stock. so it still flat black right now. heres a pic also ging to get the L7 badge to put over the subi
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa134/lvethesnow/0611071628.jpg

[FREAK]

lookn good

[Nate8409]

What did it look like before?

[lvethesnow]

had the chrome ring and the plastic was more of a dark graphite

[Gitster]

Nice ! Im doin the same thing. I have the Supertones as well, I just painted them flat black last week, the Red didnt go with anything on my car. They look much better now.

[lvethesnow]

so should i just leave it flat black or go glossy

[Gitster]

Looks good how it is, Im in the process of doing the same thing. Definitely not going glossy.

I actually got down to the point where the chrome is coming off. And guess what, its actually chrome !! Literally strips of metal coming off, holy hell is it a pain. Its basically the heat generated from using the sanding attachment on my dremel, starts to strip it off.


Im thinking of color matching the emblem. But then I would have to do the rear as well. I might wait until I get some darker wheels go to that level.

I also painted my Fog light surrounds with the same paint I am going to use on the grille.


Your grille kinda makes me wish I didnt even start to strip the chrome, but since I started, I gotta get it all off or the rest of the paint wont adhere.

[ValuePack]

Yum... did the same thing on my Forester a couple years ago. Sanded with 220, sprayed with two coats of no-name black primer, 5 coats of Krylon Satin black... still holding up well after 3 winters, other than 2 p[aint chips.

[lvethesnow]

so heres what it looks like now. sanded 2 coats primer 5 coats flat black. L7 badge
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa134/lvethesnow/0723071527.jpg
i dont recomend the chrome ring on this badge. if you can tell there the trim ring a little black and then the crome ring from the badge. i also got the rear but waiting for my trunk swap and i have a carbon L7 on the stearing wheel.

[Murphy2012]

I like it! Great job, DIY stuff is definetly the way to go, so much more gratifying.