painted LX grill

Sle.simon · 07-17-2008, 08:07 PM

well i finally took the plunge and went ahead and painted the grill still not sure what to think of it.

propel · 07-17-2008, 08:47 PM

Nice. Did you sand the grille down?

TcivicT3 · 07-17-2008, 09:48 PM

looks good to me. i would think about clear coating iit to make it match with the paint.

bokyo102 · 07-17-2008, 10:51 PM

nice... did that as well and did not apply clear coat.... flat black looks awesome. wondering if it will look better with clear coat...

FG2cIvIc · 07-17-2008, 10:53 PM

that looks great.. i would clear coat it also man

bokyo102 · 07-18-2008, 01:52 PM

here's mine: Flat Black

honda_man12 · 07-18-2008, 02:15 PM

I actually like it in flat black

xheartcore_boyx · 07-18-2008, 02:41 PM

Looks very good , too bad it will get chipped so fast =( ..

JKinATL · 07-18-2008, 04:34 PM

The flat black looks good, but a clear coat will protect it better.
Great job!

fgle · 07-18-2008, 05:21 PM

ew thats a sucky job

propel · 07-18-2008, 11:10 PM

Did you guys have to sand the grill before the paint? It looks like a tough job to sand this thing.

bokyo102 · 07-18-2008, 11:50 PM

yup... you have to sand it before appying the primer, let it dry(3x),sand with 2000, then apply the 1st paint coat, dry(3x).... need to prep properly.

MFDOOM44 · 07-19-2008, 12:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xheartcore_boyx

Looks very good , too bad it will get chipped so fast =( ..

not if you paint/prepped it right

KameraBoy · 07-19-2008, 02:36 AM

flat black looks good but clear coat it.

cambodianricer · 07-21-2008, 03:48 AM

did u remove the H when you painted it?

bokyo102 · 07-21-2008, 12:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cambodianricer

did u remove the H when you painted it?

yup! there is 1 screw that you will need to remove and you can just push the Emblem housing out.

borrowed picture from MurderedCivic(Thanks)

cambodianricer · 07-21-2008, 12:50 PM

this is for both the sedan and coupe right??

bokyo102 · 07-21-2008, 01:03 PM

for Sedan, not quite sure for coupe as well. try this:
College Hills Honda Parts

remarqable23 · 07-21-2008, 02:15 PM

I took a different route, I bought the Si grille and painted the bottom flat black.

matok · 07-21-2008, 02:23 PM

would you mind posting a head on pic of the entire front end?

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Sle.simon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 116 iTrader: 0 / 0%	painted LX grill well i finally took the plunge and went ahead and painted the grill still not sure what to think of it.

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JKinATL Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Atlanta, GA Age: 28 Posts: 257 Jeff iTrader: 0 / 0%	The flat black looks good, but a clear coat will protect it better. Great job!

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fgle Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: pa Posts: 52 mike iTrader: 0 / 0%	ew thats a sucky job

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propel Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 32 iTrader: 0 / 0%	Did you guys have to sand the grill before the paint? It looks like a tough job to sand this thing.

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