Painting the stock grill...

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#11

04-16-2009, 01:42 PM

Wintermute

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Join Date: Mar 2006

Location: Chester/Sterling Forest, NY

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I'll take photos later tonight. It's been a year & it's painted gloss black. No chips.

#12

04-16-2009, 09:33 PM

warranty225cpe

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Join Date: May 2008

Location: south florida

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Quote:

Originally Posted by jakej

I decided not to paint the grill. The body shop would do it for free, but said there is a very very good chance the paint well flex and chip off in two years or so. They think this is why the stock grill was never painted. I don't want a flaky paint grill, so I'm going unpainted.

That's why I like my mesh eBay grill. It's gloss black like the rest of the car. It looks even better now because I put the smaller rings from my hatch on the grill. They are smaller than the stock front rings. I will get some picks up. On the good side, eBay grill is $25, looks pretty good. The down side, it takes a lot of work shaping the mesh grill to fit nicely(but it is possible). Many people give up on the eBay grill, but I worked it for a long time to shape it.