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Old Oct 26, 2008 | 07:32 PM
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Painting the Front Grill

I would like to paint my front grill black, not a big fan of the chrome. Has anyone painted the grill, and does it come out ok? I'm sure any good body shop could do it for me. Any comments/ pictures would be appreciated!
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Old Oct 26, 2008 | 07:33 PM
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Choy Boy and stillballin are good at it.
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Old Oct 26, 2008 | 07:58 PM
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nope it's never been done before!!
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Old Oct 26, 2008 | 07:59 PM
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^^^ lol

go do a search, there's plenty of people that's done this
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Old Oct 27, 2008 | 01:23 PM
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this is to anyone who did not DIY...if you got it painted professionally...how much they charge you? I would either do matte black or color-matched black.
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Old Oct 27, 2008 | 02:19 PM
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Professionally varies on which body shop, the shops I know in So.Cal usually charge 100-120 dollars.
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Old Jan 1, 2009 | 08:26 PM
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i did. you can see in my picture if it came out okay
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Old Jan 1, 2009 | 08:29 PM
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Yeah I've been thinking of painting mine black too, but not sure how it's gonna look. I'll have to look around to see a side by side comparison of stock vs. black painted grills to see which one looks more sick
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Old Jan 1, 2009 | 08:30 PM
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on a BO do glossy , matte doesnt look good on OB
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Old Jan 1, 2009 | 08:32 PM
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For sure...if I were to do it, glossy would be the way to go...nothin like having shiny teeth!
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Old Jan 1, 2009 | 08:35 PM
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Yeah I've been thinking of painting mine black too, but not sure how it's gonna look. I'll have to look around to see a side by side comparison of stock vs. black painted grills to see which one looks more sick
Do it... Looks 100x's better IMO...

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Old Jan 1, 2009 | 08:37 PM
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^^^ bro you need to do something to the headlights LOL
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Old Jan 1, 2009 | 08:39 PM
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Gamedog...you know what...it actually looks pretty bad ***. You wouldn't happen to have a front facing angle shot, would you? If not, no worries. I just might have to add this to my list of mod's to get done. So far, I wanna get:

1) Black Betty's Grounding Kit
2) Interior Led Lights
3) Red Calipers
4) New Vossen Rims

I just gotta sell my stock 18" rims, but not sure how much to charge. If I paint that front grill, I'm gonna have to get a shop with a good reputation around Toronto so they don't end up doing a crappy job.
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Old Jan 1, 2009 | 08:39 PM
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sTiLLBaLLiN: LOL... In time brotha... In time... Imma have to hit up Danny fo sho....
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Old Jan 1, 2009 | 08:40 PM
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Not a big fan of red calipers, everything else is a must! Those Vossen rims are sweet
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