Painted grill for sedan

IPAuto · 03-26-2009, 11:49 PM

Just wanted to share with you my first “custom” paint job.

From day one I didn’t like the chrome grill that my Civic has. I thought about replacing it by grill from coupe, but unfortunately coupe’s bumper shape is a little bit different from sedan’s and it doesn’t fit.
So, I bought aftermarket grill (35 CAD + tax). Have to say that the part fits good, though it’s not OEM. The real pain was to strip off chrome paint. It’s not even paint, but sprayed coating on copper base. With razor, inch by inch, eventually I stripped it.
After that I sprayed it with adhesion promoter (usually used for bumper pre-primer work), 2 coats of primer, 2 coats of gun metal and satin finish.

Look at the result.

jdm free · 03-26-2009, 11:53 PM

i plan to do this when i get around to pullin my grill off. probably gonna do it when i install my hid's

hygieneboy · 03-27-2009, 08:54 AM

Why not silver to match? Good job much better than chrome.

**obert** · 03-27-2009, 09:17 AM

Good job man,it looks great.

kto_1201 · 03-31-2009, 05:02 PM

diy write up?????

06hypecivic · 01-03-2010, 10:42 PM

any one paint their grill black for a GG si coupe? i want to do it but needs to see how it looks first

Debo · 01-08-2010, 10:02 PM

Looks good.

03-26-2009, 11:49 PM	#1 (permalink)
IPAuto Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 2	Painted grill for sedan Just wanted to share with you my first “custom” paint job. From day one I didn’t like the chrome grill that my Civic has. I thought about replacing it by grill from coupe, but unfortunately coupe’s bumper shape is a little bit different from sedan’s and it doesn’t fit. So, I bought aftermarket grill (35 CAD + tax). Have to say that the part fits good, though it’s not OEM. The real pain was to strip off chrome paint. It’s not even paint, but sprayed coating on copper base. With razor, inch by inch, eventually I stripped it. After that I sprayed it with adhesion promoter (usually used for bumper pre-primer work), 2 coats of primer, 2 coats of gun metal and satin finish. Look at the result. Attached Thumbnails Last edited by IPAuto; 03-27-2009 at 02:08 PM.
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03-27-2009, 08:54 AM	#3 (permalink)
hygieneboy Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 84	Why not silver to match? Good job much better than chrome. Last edited by hygieneboy; 03-30-2009 at 12:14 PM.

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03-26-2009, 11:53 PM	#2 (permalink)
jdm free Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: philly burbs Posts: 3,513 AJ	i plan to do this when i get around to pullin my grill off. probably gonna do it when i install my hid's

03-27-2009, 09:17 AM	#4 (permalink)
obert Admin Ninja Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 4,294,967,295 obert	Good job man,it looks great.

03-31-2009, 05:02 PM	#5 (permalink)
kto_1201 Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 11	diy write up?????

01-03-2010, 10:42 PM	#6 (permalink)
06hypecivic Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Sacramento Age: 21 Posts: 320	any one paint their grill black for a GG si coupe? i want to do it but needs to see how it looks first

01-08-2010, 10:02 PM	#7 (permalink)
Debo Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Fayette, Ga Posts: 1,490 Derick	Looks good.

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