My grill's color has faded and is now some form of blue color. Its really blatant in the sun. Is there any suggestions for paint to use on it or what i should do?

Thanks,
Ryan

 

re-paint FTW..

sand it down, prime it, paint it..

im sure you can use mr. blackack's garage

 

oh yeah, get some body paint in spray cans from ur local auto store..

 

He has enough stuff to paint. But none of this will happen til it gets warm outside anyway.

 

i just repainted my grille thursday... i bought the enamel (sp?) flat black spray can from kragen... i was too lazy so i just put on 3 layers without sanding anything...

looks much better under the sun or night light...

 

flat black paint FTW

 

After a couple weeks can you post on how well its holding up?

So would Krylon Flat Black work? or would it chip too easily?

Thanks!

 

f00 if you're doing it, do it right, use the 1200 degree ceramic paint like i did

 

Tell me about it

 

use krylon plastic primer and then krylon flat black. Krylon is designed to stick to plastic,.. my grill's been through salt, rocks and -35 temperatures and it's only got one small knick,.

 

How long have you had your grill painted for? And did you sand it any? Thanks for the suggestion!

 

It's been painted for approx. 8 months I would say... I sanded as much as I could but you'll realize when you try that you can't really sand off the chrome,.. just scuff it good enough and then clean it really well with rubbing alcohol,.. be sure to use plastic primer. I had painted my grill two times before and I had just used regular primer and it peeled off in a matter of days...

 

Not sure if I made this clear or not, but im just painting the vertical parts of my grill. Like the part thats already black, turned a bluish color. I'm not tring to get rid of the chrome around my grill. I have a '98 so its a one piece grill, with no chrome strip across it. So all I want to do is paint what was once black, black again. So could I sand the actual grill. Than clean with rubbing alcohol, than Krylon Plastic Primer, than the Krylon Flat black?

Thanks

 

Yeah same process, I painted that part too,... don't sand it with really rough sandpaper... I would suggest using a 3M scuff pad.

 

How did you cover the chrome trim and the acura piece comes off right? I havent really looked at it.

 

I took it all apart,. when you remove your grille, there should be small screws on the backside that can be removed to take off the chrome trim...

 

make it a mesh grille instead

 

Not on the 98's, it's all one piece

 

98's

 

97 grille ftw

 

you seriously don't need to sand/prime/paint it, just take it out, put 3 even coats on it and wait for it to dry... (wait in between coats :duh: )

mine's held up fine, no chips...

 

 

You have both so its unfair.

 

What kind of paint did you use?

 

Yes I do I also have 4 cans of krylon and 2 cans of duplikote 1200 deg ceramic

 

enamel flat black, from kragen...

 

I went out and got some body color paint (metallic black, matched my paint well) and some clearcoat. sanded with 200 then 600 grit, cleaned it well, 3 coats of color, 2-3 coats of clear. sand with 600, then 2000, then rubbing compound. looks good, looks like the rest of the car, no chips so far (probably 6 months). good luck.