Arlen777

I heard a lot of opinions from you guys about my cl look grille, and decided to paint my stock one in black and to c how it looks, but really dont know how to paint it by myself, i mean what should i do first? Go over my grille with sand paper first and then?

bamberger_1

I would not do it myself. You want to have it good looking, and if you don't have experience in painting it won't look good. AND never treat your chrome plated grille with sandpaper ;-((.
As far as I recall the paint shop has to treat the chrome plated parts with some chemicals make the paint stick permanently.

silver65

I've never had a grille done before, but you might look into powder coating. It's very durable, and there are all types of finishes and colors. It's also quick and fairly inexpensive.

Oxygen

I had the grill on my S500 painted flat-black and I thought it looks fantastic on the car...

Television

A high powered etch primer would be the way to go, if you sand it the marks will grin through

westcoast5

my body shop sanded down my grill then used a flex agent and primer to prep the grill, then painted the same color as the rest of the car. It came out real good.

m4xm1l10n

The changes on you car with painted stock grill will stand at night and day difference. Actually i was the one that mention it to you. go for it , I'm about to color mach my S500 grill as we speak .

illmeth0d

I think your grill is perfect .

Here is a blacked out grill on ebay , its not that expensive.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/UNIQU...Q5fAccessories

bklynjoker

dude if you paint it, make sure you buy a degreaser and spray the **** out of the grill so paint will stick.. Spay About arm length from the grill.. too close will get over spray and dripp - thats a no no..
1-Degrease - clean
2-Spray arm length - let it dust on the grill so theres no over spray
3-1st coat do a light dust on it, let dry or get hair blower on it
4-2nd coat finish it off - arm length spray

newton22

I painted mine just like Oxygen's and I didn't like it personally. It's sitting in my garage if you wanna see how it looks on your car.

Arlen777

YEah maybe but first of all i wanna do it by myself and also when bodyshops first c mercedes they double the price if not triple it

Arlen777

Where can i get powder?? Somewhere in Autozone or some store like that??

Arlen777

Man that grill is SICK!!!
Have you painted by urself or no??

Arlen777

By the way how do you post pictures like that so they will look big on a page??

Arlen777

How much did u pay for it??

Arlen777

I agree u were the first who advice me to paint it
Thanks
P.s are u gona paint by urself?

Arlen777

I saw it b4 but i already have my old one which i couldnt sell on ebay, so i ll just save money and paint by myself, anyways thanks man

Arlen777

Thanks, should I sandpaper it?

westcoast5

I paid 250 but that also included the engine covers and the bumper lights.

ohlord

has worked great for me on some cars.If you have never painted before practice on a junk yard grill you pick up for 5 bucks,a bent up piece of crap is fine since you are only using it for the lesson.Duplicolor primer and paint and a good wet sanding and clear coat will look great.
http://www.finishing.com/256/93.shtml
That flat black grill shown above looks sharp.

m4xm1l10n

cheaper to just buy this one , saves you time and money !!!!!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/UNIQU...Q5fAccessories

Oxygen

Yes I painted it myself.

Oxygen

Use IMG tags.

vision808

nice paint jobs on the grill...makes the car look more sportier especially with the flat emblem. not the look i'm going for but nice none the less.

bklynjoker

NO SAND PAPER - the Degreaser will replace the job of sandpaper cause it will clean with no oils..so paint will stick with the correct method of spraying. sandpaper will just messup with whole chrome smooth finish and will get a very ruff/dull surface... use the entire can of degreaser and clean it well before spraying.