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Old Apr 26, 2011 | 10:51 PM
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white painted sports grille

Only had time for a few passes so heres what it is so far

and yes... flat emblem will be on when I make the swap ...









So what next black the chrome? or what gimme ideas guys!

oh and under the grill is missing a thing that covers up that uglyness ill put it on when im dun painting
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Old Apr 26, 2011 | 11:51 PM
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looks nice! esp with the flat emblem. blacking out the chrome prob will look nice too cause itll match nicely with the black lip and the black mesh around it.
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Old Apr 27, 2011 | 01:13 AM
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hmm gloss black to match lip or flat black?
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Old Apr 27, 2011 | 01:24 AM
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Looks a lot better than before (with the tinted eyelids).

Yup just switch out your emblem with the original one.

Paint the chrome part of your fog lamps to black and loose the tints
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Old Apr 27, 2011 | 01:25 AM
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Gloss to match the shine of the lip
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Old Apr 27, 2011 | 01:30 AM
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I likeeee
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Old Apr 27, 2011 | 03:35 AM
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looks good. id probably paint the chrome gloss black. should contrast real nice.
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Old Apr 27, 2011 | 04:03 AM
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+1 gloss black to match the lip!
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Old Apr 27, 2011 | 09:18 AM
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gloss black chrome would look so sweet!
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Old Apr 27, 2011 | 12:48 PM
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Anouther vote for gloss black. Just remember paint does not adhere well to chrome you will have to remove the plating. To see if you like it I would do a tape job before trying the paint. Trim Brite makes a product called black out tape Pep boys carries it and it is easy to apply about 10.00 a roll you can do all the chrome on the car with two rolls (but buy three just in case). You won't be able to do the big star that way though. Or you can go to a place that makes vinyl signs and buy a yard or so of black vinyl from them.

See I told you white sport grill would look hot.
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Old Apr 27, 2011 | 01:52 PM
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Looks nice
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Old Apr 27, 2011 | 03:05 PM
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That looks awesome because it lowers the front brow line of the car. Instead of looking like the grill goes up above the hood line, it makes it appear like the whole nose is more lower biased and angled. I like it a lot. Great work.
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Old Apr 27, 2011 | 11:03 PM
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very nice but i would paint the star black
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Old Apr 28, 2011 | 01:09 AM
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thanks guys took all the white off today and sanded it down and bought a new spray gun! its fun haha cant ever over spray
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Old Apr 28, 2011 | 01:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Mixedfruits
thanks guys took all the white off today and sanded it down and bought a new spray gun! its fun haha cant ever over spray
do you work at a shop that you bought a gun? what gun did you buy?
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Old Apr 28, 2011 | 01:37 AM
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no I dont think I can even get a job yet lmfao http://www.homedepot.com/Paint-Paint...atalogId=10053
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Old Apr 28, 2011 | 10:11 PM
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not done yet with clear coat but not really digging it






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Old Apr 28, 2011 | 10:16 PM
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Not digging it either I think that if you want to use white it should be the exact white of the car. Also, for me, it looked better with the chrome accents.
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Old Apr 28, 2011 | 11:13 PM
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yeah wasted grille
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Old Apr 29, 2011 | 10:33 AM
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i think its kinda cool looking, if you dont like it just black it all out that will accent of the white of the car nicely.
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Old Apr 29, 2011 | 12:13 PM
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I think it looks good but I would have had a body shop paint it in the correct white. White is a very hard color to match perfectly.
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Old Apr 29, 2011 | 12:43 PM
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me personally I would paint the lip spoiler white and put the grille back to chrome, makes the mesh stand out more and the chrome trim arount the fogs. The hockey stick LEDs out now for these are nice too. I had a white 350 b4 the new black one I got and didnt like black accents, too contrasting
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Old Apr 29, 2011 | 01:55 PM
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I liked the chrome better, or all black.
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Old Apr 29, 2011 | 06:27 PM
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I think that looks awesome imo. Although whats up with the blacked out star? It looks like its out of place? I like both a lot.. Maybe the blacked out one even more.
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Old Apr 30, 2011 | 03:38 PM
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I kinda dig it in white with the chrome...the blacked out chrome contrasts too much with the white and looks cheap. Just buy new chrome pieces..the whole grille isn't a waste.

Btw how old are you bro? lol
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