Grille..all black or leave partially chrome?

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Jun 20, 2016 | 10:15 AM

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Other than the emblems, there's no chrome on the car anywhere other than the grille. I know leaving the chrome strips at the top/bottom will visually minimize the grille vs. all black but all black would also give it a more sinister look.

I don't plan on doing the headlights, which I just realize, have a bit of chrome in them.
I've always liked this particular car:

Then go all black!

At the end of the day, it's your car and you have to love the way it looks. If you don't like it, you can always change it.

Jun 20, 2016 | 12:55 PM

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If u got plastidip then try all combinations. Won't hurt

Jun 20, 2016 | 02:28 PM

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If you like the mid-night grill route.

Jun 20, 2016 | 02:33 PM

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Just one more option, black grill and the front of the emblem body color. Back of the emblem black.

Jun 20, 2016 | 02:35 PM

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And another one... I know it's a different color but it's my personal choice if I was deciding between your options.

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Jun 22, 2016 | 10:18 AM

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Mines all black and I love it but my car is Athens Blue with everything else black so it just matches. I think your best bet would be chrome on the top and bottom with black emblem and grill. You have little chrome accents in the headlights and fogs so it works.

Jun 22, 2016 | 10:33 AM

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Yeah I'm definitely leaning in that direction now. I'm also just going to have a paint shop do it as I'm very time constrained. I'll likely go with a satin black finish with a satin clear for durability.

Jun 23, 2016 | 12:58 PM

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It depends. On QAA, the chrome option looked a lot better than all black. The painting of the blades, and still keeping the stock smoke chrome looks great imo, and came out great as well.

Jun 23, 2016 | 12:59 PM

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I have gotten many compliments of it "Looking like it came out the factory like that".

It definitely compliments the chrome accents of the car. Moderation is key.

Jun 23, 2016 | 01:36 PM

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I say midnight grill for sure which is all black and keeping rhe top and bottom strips chrome! It would look amazing on your car.

+1 I think that would look best

Jun 23, 2016 | 01:47 PM

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So if you look at Kennys bumper, you'll see the fog surrounds are chrome. On an original IPL bumper, they're semi-gloss black. I guess my lights are what, titanium? They don't appear to be normal chrome in color. Still leaning towards the midnight grille.

Jun 23, 2016 | 03:25 PM

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Lemme pitch in here! I also have a graphite shadow IPL like Ape Factory here and was also looking for ideas. Made a crappy edit real quick. Hope this helps.

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Jun 23, 2016 | 05:11 PM

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The top w/the strip of chrome looks more OEM. Now if I go with darker rims, black front splitter, I could be persuaded to go all-black. Trying to keep the rims I choose a dark gunmetal/hyper black sort of thing instead of black.