Well, I got bored and blacked out the horizontal bars in my main grille today. I didn't want to have to modify more than necessary, so I wanted to remove only the chrome front pieces. As it turns out they come off pretty easily: Just slide them towards the outside and push out the outer chrome trim ring a little to give them clearance to pull towards you and release.

I sanded the pieces with 120 grit paper on a rubber block and then sprayed them with a couple coats of Dupli-Color gloss black and a couple coats of Dupli-Color clear. They match the glossy plastic backing bars almost perfectly.

Anyway, here's a poopy cameraphone shot of the results and I'll post some better pics tomorrow after I get a chance to shoot it with my real camera:



Josh

Actually, that looks pretty clean.

NICE so can i have your black tape

Sure bro, it's all yours if you care to unravel the wadded ball it's in now.

OK, so here's some shots of the grille I took with the real camera. They're pretty much indistinguishable from the OE plastic:





And with $5.50 worth of red and yellow eyebrow bulbs from Kragen (no $200 LEDs for me, thank you very much)...



Josh

Looks real good!!!


So all you painted were the 4 chrome(plastic) horizontal pieces, is that right?

Did you think about painting the chrome surrounding the grill, or was it not part of your plan or did it seem too difficult for your proven skills?

looks great.

I like it!

Thanks, guys! And yeah, I did just the 4 small cover pieces.

I thought about doing the outer ring and mocked it up with black electrical tape (Soooo ghetto, just ask MNL ICE, he saw it...) but it didn't look right. On a darker or lighter color I think it could look great, but not so much on the Palladium. Besides, I'm a big fan of small, subtle mods and having the outer hoop blacked out looked a little too, uh... "aftermarket" for me.

Josh

looks clean as hell, im thinking of doing something similar to that or try to get ahold of the K1 motorsport dry carbon fiber grilles but until that 899$ doesnt go down im just gonna chill

I effing love your sig

I wouldn't be surprised if within a year there are some replicas of that grill. Just sit tight I suppose, I want that grill badly too

within a year....

Hey Josh that does look great, even better than the tape job you did on sunday. I must say it does tempt me to do the same to mine as well.

Mark

If you decide you want to do it, I'd be glad to help. PM me. It only took a couple of hours including drying time and the two cans of paint cost about $12 w/ tax at Kragen on Lincoln and Pico.

Josh

Haha Josh and his black tape . You sure do some crazy things dude. Keep it up and stay safe!

Also check your PM for the vid!

Looks good C63 Guy!! Ya gotta love the feeling of pulling that off yourself. Noting beats that sense of accomplishment. I agree with ya on blacking out the entrie grill.

off topic but why the *** did u come back after the 2 burnouts at the meet lol...

im the black guy that told u to take off when the cops came lol haha...i gotta a lot ***** for tipping u off from the meet organizer and the po-po . it was a pleasure to meet u though. haha

IMO, i like how you black out middle 2 pieces of your grille, not the whole grille, it looks clean and sharp!

DIY wanted!

LMAO, I already apologized to the organizer and he is cool with everything, he said to just do that kinda stuff on the streets next time cuz he got scared that he would have to pay for damages to the parking lot I think. Anyway good meeting you guys and thanks for coming on such short notice!

Hope ur enjoying the video C63 Guy.....haha

i dont know what i like more the light or the grill. love them all great job. the must look eval at night with the red bulbs.

Looking good..
You should do the bottom the same color.

+1

I know this is an old thread, but I thought the OP's instructions on how to remove the chrome grill bars was very helpful. I don't have pix yet but removal was very easy, which made vinyl wrapping much easier. Just be careful with the tabs because their are a little fragile.

Here are my photos. Sorry it's already dark outside. Thanks to emeric for sending me his leftover glossy black vinyl!

Nice look...I did the outer chrome on mine tho