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Old Mar 25, 2008 | 08:12 PM
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painting grill?
i seen few grill that has been painted... did you just spray paint it on top of oem grill? or did you sand the oem grill and primer it before you paint the grill
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Old Mar 25, 2008 | 10:47 PM
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Definitely sand with a fine sand paper and repaint.
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Old Mar 25, 2008 | 11:01 PM
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Sand it, primer, paint, and clearcoat. This is the only way to do it right. Preferably professionally done.
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Old Mar 26, 2008 | 11:42 AM
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any dyi?
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Old Mar 26, 2008 | 02:02 PM
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im gonna do a DIY in a week after this saturdays meet in socal....3m sand paper, primer, iim going to be going with semi gloss black, and clear coat on top
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im taking my to get done soon, cant risk doing it myself
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Originally Posted by vinnys coupe
im taking my to get done soon, cant risk doing it myself
i would risk it. do it myself, if i mess up, i just get it professionaly done.
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Old Apr 15, 2008 | 10:39 PM
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Originally Posted by SkyzDaL1m1T
im gonna do a DIY in a week after this saturdays meet in socal....3m sand paper, primer, iim going to be going with semi gloss black, and clear coat on top
did you ever write up the DIY for grill painting?
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Old Apr 16, 2008 | 02:20 AM
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Naw but i will soon since im going to be takign my grill off and painting it with a compressed spray gun instead of the usual spray paint cans
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Old Apr 29, 2008 | 04:22 PM
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really wish i knew what the specific steps were so i can just go do it
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really wish i knew what the specific steps were so i can just go do it
or just fork over $100 to have it professionally done...
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Old Mar 22, 2009 | 08:40 PM
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Does anyone have pics of a painted grill? Would be interested in seeing what it would like like painted same color as body.
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Old Mar 22, 2009 | 08:46 PM
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Well my shop sanded, primer, painted then clear coated too

But why would you want to create a new DIY for this? Ever heard of the search button? lol

https://www.myg37.com/forums/d-i-y-i...diy-guide.html
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Old Mar 22, 2009 | 09:55 PM
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I'll have a DIY up next week for those who want to try it themselves.

If your So.Cal I know a shop that does it for 50 bucks =)
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