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Old Mar 8, 2008 | 04:48 AM
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Temporary W203 Grille

While waiting for my CF look grille to arrive thought i would have a go at painting my old grille. Rubbed down chrome, 3 coats of primer and 2 coats of black metallic plasti-cote. Here are a couple of pics of new look.


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Old Mar 8, 2008 | 06:29 AM
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nice! i wish my grille still looked like that! time for a new spray
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Old Mar 8, 2008 | 07:49 AM
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Old Mar 8, 2008 | 08:43 AM
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nice! i wish my grille still looked like that! time for a new spray
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Old Mar 8, 2008 | 08:43 AM
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Old Mar 8, 2008 | 11:04 AM
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The new grille looks really good. Car looks pretty cool in the rain.
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Old Mar 8, 2008 | 12:05 PM
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The new grille looks really good. Car looks pretty cool in the rain.
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Old Mar 8, 2008 | 04:08 PM
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When you get the CF Grille, you should sell that one since that looks good.
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Old Mar 8, 2008 | 04:51 PM
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Originally Posted by ChristianJan
When you get the CF Grille, you should sell that one since that looks good.
Thanks, but i will probably keep it and put it back on when i go to sell.
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Looks good on your car.

I feel like the front end on my car looks too girly. I was thinking about getting on of the silver CL grilles off ebay (my car is brilliant silver). But I'm having second thoughts since a lot of people don't like the way they look. Not to hijack your thread, but do you guys have any interesting ideas?
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Old Mar 11, 2008 | 04:52 PM
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Looks good on your car.

I feel like the front end on my car looks too girly. I was thinking about getting on of the silver CL grilles off ebay (my car is brilliant silver). But I'm having second thoughts since a lot of people don't like the way they look. Not to hijack your thread, but do you guys have any interesting ideas?
As my car is Diamond Black, and i have black projector headlights and black projector fogs, i think it suits a black grille as it gives a more aggresive look to the car. However, at the end of the day its down to personal choice. I had the big star chrome grille on mine, but it just didn't look right on a lighter colour car probably suit much better.
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Old Mar 11, 2008 | 07:08 PM
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hmm, now htat i think bout it, our cars look pretty similar. haha
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is it a good idea to buy a grille off ebay?
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