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I wanna see some pics from those of you who have painted your grille body color. I have a few different ways in my head, but I want to actually see some. (just the outside, the whole thing, ect)

Thanks!

BlackuraTL

Good thread I been wanting to see the same thing to decide if I should paint it

JDM Inspired

Well I have been photoshopping my Grill, colored matched, it looks pretty good to me, but then again sometimes you want that original look, that defines our cars, but lately i been thinking about doing colored matched door handles.

AMGala

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IMO it only looks good on darker colors.

jjashaa

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big mike 13's.... zomg sex...

jjashaa

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don't mind that cf.. it was just photochopped on there by me..

02type-s

Kinda wanting to see some SSM ones too

NoLimitDeC

dont think it really helps with yours being SSM n all but..



same as BigMike's (stole the idea from him) =)

NoLimitDeC

oops, just read the post above mine, my bad lol

i say, do the same thing we did, but in SSM and leave the 'net' part in the background black

MurdaZ

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just do it!

i painted my trim around the wing/emblem and the wing, so only chrome is the emblem

Rockstar21

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did just the wings... wierd how the smallest things make such a difference... "to us anyway"

ArTL-S

heres mine. Not SSM or body color and its dirty but it shows you another idea anyways

jjashaa

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just get saber grill and call it a day

jk. haha

TequiLa

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i would say color match the chrome on the hood and the bottom edge and then paint the grille gloss black and leave the emblem and wing chrome. i dunno how itll look on ssm tho, dark UA5's ftw. xD

twistedwedge

This is a good idea. I need to either paint or replace my chrome piece on the hood-might be a good time to go ahead and try painting.

02type-s

Pic?

ts_vaj

Dang it....I didn't strip off that whole reflective gold coating on my grill (my grille was gold) I just sanded it down a bit, then primered and painted it....now it's winter and my paint is chipping off the grill in places.

I should probly get a black chrome grill or something heheh.

BlackuraTL

I think I've only seen you're car once but from what I remember the grill looked pretty clean the way you painted it

twistedwedge

Heres mine in graphite:




sorry about the dirty car

For some reason it is showing up darker in the pics than it actually is, and looks like the color of the grille inlay. Its actually a lighter color, dont know why my camera didnt pick it up.

MurdaZ

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http://img387.imageshack.us/img387/3630/car006ff4.jpg

best i can find..

for yours if u have like gunmet headlights would set it off nicely, for my cust basically my front end is abp, stands our more

Rajca

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id post mine but it looks nothing like the stock one. but i did have it painted ssm (the black part not the chrome) and it did look good.

VoLLy

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Not painted but CF wrapped:

Rajca

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that looks good.

jjashaa

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x2

makes me rethink if i wanna keep the inspire grill now.....

VoLLy

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Thanks, here are a couple more angles:

fsttyms1

I would paint the outer chrome body color and leave the inner wing and emblem chrome. Maybe paint the backing body color too.

Not the same year as yours but like i described

zeppler

i did mine two days ago. all fully black. flat black. one of those low-gloss flat black engine paints.

its flat, with a bite of a live color to it. unlike those straight up flat black paints wich turn gray sooner or later

ill post a pic up soon. but gotta say. painted grille doesnt match on light color cars. (grey, bronze, white)

if you got black, or any of the acura weird shades of black. go for it.
if you got chrome rims. dont do it. doesnt match
i painted my rims flat black, with the grille flat black. looks pretty damn good.

got red cherry bombs, so painted engine and cold air intake red.

BlackuraTL

Picssss

ts_vaj

Haha...yeah now it only looks clean from about 20 feet away.

I love the black grille though. Might repaint it over the summer a lil better.

twistedwedge

I hope this isnt what I think it is..

would like to see pics of your car though

02type-s

I was considering something along these lines

tegkid

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twistedwedge

that grille ^^^ lookin good ^^^

'03TL-S

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Damn that shit is super low.

`ill*tl

Yup, thats Pistacio's whip.. and he's bagged.

Here's mine Tommy, though you've already seen it plenty of times..

twistedwedge

damn, thats clean as hell...nice looking ride

SLushhYYY

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Just finished 30 mins ago. IMO it looks hott as FAWK YO!!!!!!

FL3.2TL

^^ Very nice..

njtls

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i am def doing this in NGM, but ill wait until the weather is better. all i did so far was paint my plastic part glossy black which is ok but i dont like all that chrome we have.

ill paint the top chrome piece on the hood NGM
paint the side chrome piece on the outside edge NGM
and all the plastic NGM except for the mesh part which will be left glossy black.
then leave the center strip and emblem chrome

should look good, thank you a million times for posting that picture cus i had such a hard time trying to pic that in my head, now i know what to do. should have just made our cars like that stock. soo much better.