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Old 07-17-2008, 08:07 PM   #1 (permalink)
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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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Old 07-17-2008, 08:47 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Nice. Did you sand the grille down?
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Old 07-17-2008, 09:48 PM   #3 (permalink)
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looks good to me. i would think about clear coating iit to make it match with the paint.
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Old 07-17-2008, 10:51 PM   #4 (permalink)
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nice... did that as well and did not apply clear coat.... flat black looks awesome. wondering if it will look better with clear coat...
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Old 07-17-2008, 10:53 PM   #5 (permalink)
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that looks great.. i would clear coat it also man
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Old 07-18-2008, 01:52 PM   #6 (permalink)
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here's mine: Flat Black

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Old 07-18-2008, 02:15 PM   #7 (permalink)
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I actually like it in flat black
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Old 07-18-2008, 02:41 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Looks very good , too bad it will get chipped so fast =( ..
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The flat black looks good, but a clear coat will protect it better.
Great job!
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Old 07-18-2008, 05:21 PM   #10 (permalink)
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ew thats a sucky job
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Old 07-18-2008, 11:10 PM   #11 (permalink)
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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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Old 07-18-2008, 11:50 PM   #12 (permalink)
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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.
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Old 07-19-2008, 12:46 AM   #13 (permalink)
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Looks very good , too bad it will get chipped so fast =( ..
not if you paint/prepped it right
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Old 07-19-2008, 02:36 AM   #14 (permalink)
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flat black looks good but clear coat it.
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Old 07-21-2008, 03:48 AM   #15 (permalink)
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did u remove the H when you painted it?
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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.

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this is for both the sedan and coupe right??
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for Sedan, not quite sure for coupe as well. try this:
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Old 07-21-2008, 02:15 PM   #19 (permalink)
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I took a different route, I bought the Si grille and painted the bottom flat black.
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would you mind posting a head on pic of the entire front end?
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