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Postby DiamondPearlSolara01 » Fri Jun 06, 2008 8:33 pm

I'm sure this has been discussed but never found anything on the search menu (so bombard me with death threats if you must) but what is the easiest way to paint my stock grill black. I'm not tooo big of a fan of the mesh grill look that I've been seeing and would like to keep a black look going with my car. Does anybody have any experiences/help to painting the stock grill (chrome parts and emblem ect.) to all black? thanks!
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Postby ThatVietGuy » Fri Jun 06, 2008 9:06 pm

Use fine grit sand paper to take away the chrome and repaint with whatever color you want.

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Postby Jakecallun20 » Fri Jun 06, 2008 9:24 pm

I agree 100% percent with you! I did the same to my car!

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Postby Jakecallun20 » Fri Jun 06, 2008 10:42 pm

^^I do wish the logo in the center was chrome. I plan on painting it just haven't yet. (it was gold before)
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Postby lilm » Fri Jun 06, 2008 11:34 pm

take it to a body shop for less than fifty bucks it will look absolutely gorgeous not knockin the other guy because i painted the grill on my solara and when i got my hood repainted i asked him to do the grill and it looks AWSOME
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Postby Jakecallun20 » Fri Jun 06, 2008 11:36 pm

That would be a good route to take as well. I wish I had gotten my grill painted when I got my car painted. Just forgot :lol:
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Postby DiamondPearlSolara01 » Sat Jun 07, 2008 8:54 am

Hells ya jake thats exactly the look I'm going for.. shoot if it's under fifty bucks to take to a body shop I may just do that!
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Postby DiamondPearlSolara01 » Sat Jun 07, 2008 9:03 am

Also to thanks for the tread links once again ... i fail
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Postby DiamondPearlSolara01 » Sun Jun 08, 2008 12:53 pm

Yea i just F'ed my grill due to possible intoxication :drinking:
so does anybody know any aftermarket grills/is it easy to make a custom mesh?
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Postby michaels artic frost » Sun Jun 08, 2008 2:54 pm

DiamondPearlSolara01 wrote:Yea i just F'ed my grill due to possible intoxication :drinking:
so does anybody know any aftermarket grills/is it easy to make a custom mesh?


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Postby mazen222 » Sun Jun 08, 2008 3:30 pm

i was thinking of making my grill meshed myself... shouldnt be hard
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Postby Jakecallun20 » Sun Jun 08, 2008 8:51 pm

DiamondPearlSolara01 wrote:Yea i just F'ed my grill due to possible intoxication :drinking:
so does anybody know any aftermarket grills/is it easy to make a custom mesh?


ahahahahaha! Nice bro nice. Dont drink and drive doesnt only apply to DRIVING a car. LMAO
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Postby DiamondPearlSolara01 » Thu Jun 12, 2008 9:41 am

Just did the same thing you did (not to steal your mod) but looks excellent....
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