I want to black out my grill and powder coat my rims
I've never worked on a car in my life, should i just get it professionally done?

is it a long/complicated process? like could I read up on this forum on the DIY and do it successfully without ****ing up?

does anyone have a quote of how much a decent job would cost me? and does anyone have pics of any g37s that are modded this way.. I'm sure its been done many times before

THANKS!

 

DIY for grill shouldn't be too hard.. but for rims, if u wanna powdercoat.. i suggest you get them professional done. you can always paint ur rims but it wont look as nice as powdercoat

 

don't try to powder coat rims yourself

 

How exactly did you plan on doing the powdercoating yourself?

 

Grill is fairly easy and there is a DIY but you can also take to just about any body shop and they should be willing to paint it for around $100 but I really would not even attempt to powdercoat the wheels. Take them to a pro, prolly cost around $400 for a set.

 

DIY on the grill for sure just make sure you prep it right. As far as the wheels go have it done by the pro's !!

 

Shoot me a PM and I'll make a write up for you.

 

do you even know how powdercoating works? you need special tools for it, its not just a pep boys can of black paint...

 

He didn't, he had no idea, that's why he was asking!

 

As for the rims, get them PROFESSIONALLY done.

Grille, if you want that glossy finish get it professionally done too.

 

You can also buy a painted grill from your Infiniti dealer, I think thats what benhoffman did.

 

get it done professionally.. u can watch n learn but I don't recommend practicing on your grille
as for the wheels.. dun even think about it lol

 

you should try the grill but not the rims... you haven't worked on cars... so here's the perfect opportunity to learn... i was the same way i'm glad i had a few buddies that taught me a lot of stuff i could use later down the road

 

Like others said, grill you can do yourself, wheels get done by a professional. I got a quote from a powdercoat guy a couple weeks ago for around $50 a wheel. I just haven't taken them in yet because you'll have to take the wheels off of the car and take the tires off of the wheels yourself before you bring them to a powdercoater. Unless they specialize in wheels and can do that for you. I've got my car in the garage for winter and using my truck now so one of these days I'll get the wheels in and let you know how much it ends up costing and how it looks.

 

hmm i was prob thinking painting the rims black, thats what i meant by diy

i forgot powder coating needs to be done professionally, but ya i heard painting the rims isnt the best idea because it can chip etc/ doesnt look as good

sweet i didnt know it was that cheap to get it done

ok i have friends that are good with cars and they are the ones that recommended me to do the grill so i will get them to help me

thanks a lot!! ill post pics of the finished product, im gonna try n get it done by the new year!