I was bored and needed to fix my grill because some of the paint had chipped off during the winter.

I sanded it down and cut out the back on the ribs that are close to the acura symbol. I then sprayed 3 coats of primer down on it and sprayed gold down. the gold really Stood out as you will see in the picture. them i layed black down over it almost covering all gold. after than i kept spraying gold, black, gold, black, gold, black untill i found a mixture i liked.

last step CLEAR COAT and FINISHED.

the acura symbol was sanded down primered and sprayed gold.

OH BTW. if you do this use WHITE primer. it will make everything alot brighter.

i like the outcome alot tell me what you think!!!
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hi mcajka,

I love it......I have a black CL and I think the black and godl combination looks just awasome...

Can you tell me what paint did you use and how you achieved this look...

Or can you do my grill.....I can ship it to you and pack for back and forth shipping plus your work let me know...

LOve it ...goood job

 

PM me we can work something out

 

This is the finished product

 

Looks great Mat, can't wait to see it in person, will make photoshoots interesting

 

That actually looks HOT! I just found a new appreciation for my 98-99 grill.

 

Looks good, those are the best lookin grills on the cl

 

thank you everyone it turned out awsome i think. yes they are the best grill for the cls i think.

 

Damn, not bad for a 98-99 grille. Up close it looks a little much, but when you look at it on the whole car, it's definitely hotness.

 

the original plan was to paint what used to be chrome gold and the rest black. then i had an idea and went with it. in the sun you can tell the gold is there. i might end up putting a hint more black on it later we will see. who has this grill they want to get rid of i would like to try another concept?

 

They Have a 98-99 grill for sale on ebay I think.. I think it ends today too.. I saw it going for about $40.00

 

As I said in another thread, I have one.....

 

I have a 98-99 grill I don't want, I'm trying to find a 97 grill for the application I'm doing. Anyone wanna trade a 97 grill for this grill lemme know

 

Howd you cut the ribs out? Looks awesome! I'd like to do this maybe this weekend, but instead of gold I'd like to look at a chrome/silver concept. Nice work!

 

i cut them out using the all mighty DREMEL TOOL. i used the pad that cuts metal just so i wouldnt have to go through a million pads cause they always break on me. chrome and silver would be too much try doing silver and black depending on your car. you can always buy another one or take somethign to practice on to acheive the look you want.

and thank you

 

Looks great man! fliplyricist would love this.

 

his grill was an inspiration for this.....

this is just a hint of somethings coming up

THANKS

 

Nice. I tried painting all my badges gold but The gold paint doesn't really reflect like the goldtone emblems. Looks cool in the pictures but when you actually see it, it's almost yellow.

My original plan with the CL was to paint the grill, emblems, window trim gold but like I said, the gold didn't really come out the way I wanted. I would buy the gold emblems but their WAY to expensive. Shame tho, gold trim would look nice with a Cyprus green pear.

Now I'm thinking of blackhouseing the headlights, paint part of the grill black, and tint the break lights.

 

i feel like im missing something here...did u just paint ur 99 grill gold or were there other modifications made?

 

ahhh wait i see, it looks like gold w/a black overlay. Looks nice!

 

and he cut the back plate behind those ribs with the dremel.

looks good man.

 

thank you thank you...it was a project where you just wing it and hope it turns out right the first time...now i know what to do for another one haha

 

anyone have any other ideas for another one?

 

hahaha amen

looks sick man...I'm in desperate need of a 98-99 grill to do kinda the opposite of what you're doing (black out everything except for gold 'A'), but I definitely agree the 98-99 grill's are the best looking ones

 

there is one on ebay which i am now the highest bidder...ends in 2 hours or so

i wanna try another one thats why i am buying that.

i like the black out with the gold A that was what i had oh say 2 years ago when i first got the car but have no pictures. just paint the A gold the gold that comes with our car does exactly look right to me but that is just my opinion.

im glad you like it

 

good job with the grille man, looks impressive



jfkhan.... jhatt from ludhiana? i love ludhiana, my cousin got married there 4 years ago, cant wait to go back

 

^^ I just love all the smily emotion characters and juts coudnt get over this guy and that what triggred the jatt from ludhiana line...man this guy juts reminds me of the bobble head indian hahahahah....

let em intoduce you the VVIP on this forum meet Mr....

 

well to the rest of you guys on here Ludhinana is a region/place in India and a person from that region is a jatt...well I am not from that region but juts love that smily charachter and that why i took him as my avatar/logo....

 

WOW....anyways no HYJACKING

 

i was lost reading all that btw...hahaha

 

Wanna trade at the meet? mine is already blacked out?

 

haha thanks for the offer man but I'm keepin the gold 97 grill and keeping it stock

I'd trade it if it mine were silver, but I don't think I'll ever be able to locate another all gold 97 grill for awhile if I did : /