I am looking to paint my gille and I know that some of you have taken to a paint shop and had it done, but most have done it themselves.

For those who have DIY-ed it what type of paint did you use?

 

most use duplicolor spray cans themselves but if you need i did several of the LAG's grilles myself professionally any color gloss black, colormatched, etc. just shoot me a pm

 

Krylon Plastic Fusion Worked fantastic for me. The nozzle is sweet too.

 

i used duplicolor primer, black, and clear coat and it looks AMAZING. you'd think it had been OEM color matched. plus it took $20 and an hour

 

I went to a local paint shop and had them spray it for me.

 

how much did the paint shop charge?

 

Rustoleum Sandable Black Auto Primer (#249418)
Rustoleum Metallic Enamel Finish "Black Night Metallic" (#7250830)
Rustoleum HIGH PERFORMANCE WHEEL CLEAR COAT (#248929)

The clear coat above is tougher (basically a little thicker finish) that standard clear coat enamels. It has held up well...No chips so far (600 miles or so since the grill paint).

Keep is good prep - some 400 and 800 grit sandpaper and A LOT of nice, thin coats.

 

osh brand primer, sand, water, clean

krylon black, sand/ w fine grit 800+, water, clean

1 more coat of black.

and finally 3 coats of whatever your choice clear, I went with krylon Satin clear.

 

Thank you everyone for your suggestions and responses. I finally got up the courage today to paint the grille myself and it looks great.


Of course on the way home from work to paint the grille a dump truck in the right lane hits a barrel, the barrel bounces off the retaining wall on the right side of the road and rolls into th center lane were I am. I slam on the breaks and hit the barrel. So the whole way home I am sweeting what the front of my car looks like. I'm on I95 and not stopping to check. When I get home I look and relief, no damage! So plans to paint the grille were back on! I love the finished look!

 

^+1 congrats! It looks great. And that is definitely good to hear that there was no damage!! I had a school bus drive me into a curb so I know the feeling of dread when you hit the barrel.

 

I also did a custom emblemless grill. But just for paint, you can expect to spend about 50-100 dollars.

 

Do you sand the grille in between coats of primer and color paint?

 

no u just sand off the original clear coat/paint. Whole point of primer is to make the paint stick.