OEM grill refurbishing (pics)

by **mazen222** » Sun Jul 13, 2008 8:36 pm

i dont know if refurbishing is the word im looking for, but im looking to fix the chipped chroming on the grill to make it look like new...

did anyone try those chrome pens? they look like liquid paper pens but its silver metalic colour. Im thinking os lightly sanding arround the chipping and applying that...

How about removing the chrome completely and leave it black... I even thought of cutting the inner plastic horizontal bars except the midle one and put a mesh there...

what do u guys think?
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Well, since no one has tried it before i thought i would go ahead and do it

So i painted my grill... it didnot give the chrome color i was looking for, but im happy with the reesults.

I used silver exterior paint in spray can and a clear coating spray... 3 coates of each and this is the result

i also did my head lights with 2000 grit sandpaper and plastix.

by **lilm** » Sun Jul 13, 2008 8:37 pm

Many of us have had this problem and most of us sand it down and paint it black or get a renova grill.
Try the search function you should find plenty of pictures to see other members results

by **mazen222** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 10:04 am

lilm wrote:Many of us have had this problem and most of us sand it down and paint it black or get a renova grill.
Try the search function you should find plenty of pictures to see other members results

thanks, i have done so already. :wink:

I wanted to know if anyone tried the chrome pen i was refering to... or about the mesh thing.

by **mazen222** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 8:14 pm

i finnally decided to repaint my grill chrome with those spray paint... im just missing the clear coating.

i'll post some pics soon

by **DrLove** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 5:04 pm

I bought one from the dealership, cost too much but it make a nice difference, I have it for 1 year and sill look brand new. My old one was peeling and ugly, the car was looking older (same if it's a 1999 lol)

by **mazen222** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 3:55 pm

Done! pics posted in first post

by **Sentinel** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 5:05 pm

I blasted my grill with a pressure washer and all the chrome except on the Toyota emblem came off.

It was no work (I was washing the car anyway) and looks nice. Not silver tho.

by **r0w** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 5:53 pm

you're headlamps could use a wet sand and polish

, grill looks pretty good, didn't think it would turn out that good but it did.

:D

by **mazen222** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 7:44 pm

r0w wrote:you're headlamps could use a wet sand and polish ,

i did them... i took pic of the passanger side before to see the difference... the driver side is pretty clear... i doubt it can get clearer than that.. It's gonna look good with my new hids

cant wait to install them

by **NeFaRiOuS_SLE** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 10:44 pm

Should've masked your pavement with old newspaper (unless you want the paint to stay there)... At least yours turned out good; mine looked like someone did a crappy job of priming it until I took some paint remover to it; THEN there was chrome in the nooks and crannies, but not where I wanted it...

by **PapaDukes027** » Tue Jul 29, 2008 10:09 pm

That came out really nice. Quick paint job on the grill makes the car look so much newer on the Gen 1's :wink:

OEM grill refurbishing (pics)

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