jman09

ditto. over the course of 2 hours, most of my time was spent on removing the bumper, then grill, masking off the chrome parts i wanted to keep, and waiting between coats to dry.

vamarris

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I skipped the grill removal part

blnewt

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You'd better find that post, now you'll have it bothering me

jman09

also wanted to add that i swapped out my fog light bulbs at the same time so it made things more convenient for both things.

Tuckermaclain

Krylon Fusion is the bomb for painting plastic. I've used it on parts in the past and the toluene in it make it actually dissolve into the plastic. <$10 a can. You have to buff it to make it perfectly smooth, but to make a midnight grill with just the interior black, I doubt you'd need nor want to. The texture it gives would be pretty cool. I'll post my pick next week when I actually do it.

Thirty_Seven

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Haha, yeah I figured I didn't want to have to repaint it for awhile because of rock chips and stuff, and my headlights aren't coming back until Monday anyway so I decided to give it a real try.

I removed the bumper, then the grille, then the emblem. I masked off the top and bottom slots with painters tape. I cleaned the whole thing with rubbing alcohol then laid down my first (very light) coat of pasti dip. Then I gave it 1 hour to dry. Next I put down my second coat, this time a very thick one, and let it dry for 2 hours. I did 6 coats with two hour dry times in between.

Then I let it dry overnight and then did 3 clear coats with 6 hour dry times in between. I let it dry for a day and then put it back.

jman09

well your grille looks great, so it was well worth your patience.

Thirty_Seven

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Thanks man!

Redfire32

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Lol I knew that was gonna get you when I wrote it Brad. I'm sorry I dunno if I can find it
I'm sure everyone knows it's just a typo coming from your fingers tho buddy.

Toy

Interesting to see that people haven't had much issue with paint jobs painting the grille.

The paint shop we use all the time didn't wanna touch it, claiming that "chrome" surface is hard to deal with and they can't warranty it because they've attempted it in the past and it starts chipping off sooner rather than later.

For some reason I can't for the life of me find a decent price on a midnight grille. Even at wholesale price direct from Infiniti our cost is almost $400. On ebay the best price I could find was $350.

flipmode007

beautiful and well done

Awgd8

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This is my first time doing vinyl wrap.
3M Matte Black 1080 bought it for $13
1" x 5"

I did not remove the grill. It is pretty easy as long as you have a sharp cutter and a hair dryer.

PNW_IPL

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Thinking of doing this but bronze metallic emblem and engine cover

jguti03

How close does the top mesh match with the mesh on the lower grill?