Got my CF VSII Hood in the mail today... Painting the grill?

jonebone · 05-09-2008, 07:07 PM

So I've noticed some of the VSII hood owners have a black grill or a white/steel colored grill. Mine came with a white one, but I'd love to make it black. However, the grill part of the hood is actually plastic, rather than metal wire (which I thought it would be). I don't wanna just tape off the hood and spray paint the grill, because I'm not sure how well the paint will stick to the plastic. You guys have any ideas?

I actually have 1.5 cans of Tamiya Black PolyCarbonate Spray Paint from when I did my tails, so I'm guessing this'll work. Ideas?

Oh and any install tips? I'm gonna be putting it on on Mother's day if the weather is nice. Whenever I do though, I'll post up pics for you guys who like Carbon Fiber on Fiji's.

1chin3s3_b0i · 05-09-2008, 07:15 PM

imo..i didnt paint mine because it chips way too easily and you'll have to re-paint it constantly if your picky about things

jonebone · 05-10-2008, 09:34 AM

No one else has done this? I've seen some hoods with the black grill so I know there has to be more advice from people who have performed this before...

And yeah I figured regular spray paint would chip off too easy, but maybe the poly carbonate spray would work better?

P.Lavers · 05-10-2008, 02:20 PM

I painted mine on my Ex front chrome to black and i used Dupli Color plastic paint and Dupli Color High performance wheel clear coating. Looks amazing and doesn't have one chip after two weeks

1chin3s3_b0i · 05-10-2008, 02:48 PM

painting a grill is different from painting the mesh grills on a hood

Civic06SiR · 05-10-2008, 03:53 PM

Mine came in black, I'd get it professionally done.

laughoutlloyd8 · 05-10-2008, 05:41 PM

I painted my vsII grill black, I just took off the whole grill apart from the hood and used a flat black spray paint and did two coats

yes it does start to show some areas of chipping, but not too noticeable

05-09-2008, 07:07 PM	#1 (permalink)
jonebone Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Calvert County, MD Age: 24 Posts: 379 Jonas iTrader: 0 / 0%	Got my CF VSII Hood in the mail today... Painting the grill? So I've noticed some of the VSII hood owners have a black grill or a white/steel colored grill. Mine came with a white one, but I'd love to make it black. However, the grill part of the hood is actually plastic, rather than metal wire (which I thought it would be). I don't wanna just tape off the hood and spray paint the grill, because I'm not sure how well the paint will stick to the plastic. You guys have any ideas? I actually have 1.5 cans of Tamiya Black PolyCarbonate Spray Paint from when I did my tails, so I'm guessing this'll work. Ideas? Oh and any install tips? I'm gonna be putting it on on Mother's day if the weather is nice. Whenever I do though, I'll post up pics for you guys who like Carbon Fiber on Fiji's.

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05-09-2008, 07:15 PM	#2 (permalink)
1chin3s3_b0i Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: East Vancouver Age: 22 Posts: 9,362 Michael iTrader: 2 / 100%	imo..i didnt paint mine because it chips way too easily and you'll have to re-paint it constantly if your picky about things

05-10-2008, 09:34 AM	#3 (permalink)
jonebone Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Calvert County, MD Age: 24 Posts: 379 Jonas iTrader: 0 / 0%	No one else has done this? I've seen some hoods with the black grill so I know there has to be more advice from people who have performed this before... And yeah I figured regular spray paint would chip off too easy, but maybe the poly carbonate spray would work better?

05-10-2008, 02:20 PM	#4 (permalink)
P.Lavers Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 51 iTrader: 0 / 0%	I painted mine on my Ex front chrome to black and i used Dupli Color plastic paint and Dupli Color High performance wheel clear coating. Looks amazing and doesn't have one chip after two weeks

05-10-2008, 02:48 PM	#5 (permalink)
1chin3s3_b0i Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: East Vancouver Age: 22 Posts: 9,362 Michael iTrader: 2 / 100%	painting a grill is different from painting the mesh grills on a hood

05-10-2008, 03:53 PM	#6 (permalink)
Civic06SiR Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: VA Posts: 3,357 Sam iTrader: 5 / 100%	Mine came in black, I'd get it professionally done.

05-10-2008, 05:41 PM	#7 (permalink)
laughoutlloyd8 Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 1,423 iTrader: 4 / 100%	I painted my vsII grill black, I just took off the whole grill apart from the hood and used a flat black spray paint and did two coats yes it does start to show some areas of chipping, but not too noticeable