Considering blacking out or vinyl wrapping front grille...thoughts?

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Old Oct 3, 2012 | 03:23 AM
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Considering blacking out or vinyl wrapping front grille...thoughts?

Just something random but do you guys think the front grille would look nice murdered out or wrapped in CF vinyl? If you guys know how to use photoshop better than me let me know I posted a pic
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Old Oct 3, 2012 | 04:29 AM
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Old Oct 3, 2012 | 09:09 AM
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im pretty sure someone here with a red tsx has wrapped their grill.
i love the way the CF looks on my CBP.
i say go for it.
its not that hard.
its like a $20 mod and makes a huge difference
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Old Oct 3, 2012 | 09:56 AM
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Cant remember if anyone with red has blacked it out, but there are tons of us on here with a black grille. Easy $6 mod, buy a can of plasti dip. You can even do it while the grille is on the car, just be sure to put something behind your grille as you spray it so none will get into the radiator.
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Old Oct 3, 2012 | 10:06 AM
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Don't like the black on red to be honest.
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Old Oct 3, 2012 | 10:15 AM
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I think if you did it you would also have to paint the foglight surround to match it too
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Old Oct 3, 2012 | 12:04 PM
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Originally Posted by opboarding
Cant remember if anyone with red has blacked it out, but there are tons of us on here with a black grille. Easy $6 mod, buy a can of plasti dip. You can even do it while the grille is on the car, just be sure to put something behind your grille as you spray it so none will get into the radiator.
i think that would look horrible with a red car.
i think OP's best bet would be color matched grill.

idk. im not a fan of plasti-dipped grills. i tried it and hated it on my CBP.
id much rather it be vinyl wrapped.
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Old Oct 3, 2012 | 12:38 PM
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yaeh im not too sure how i feel about black grille on a black car
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Old Oct 3, 2012 | 12:59 PM
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Originally Posted by ed_423
yaeh im not too sure how i feel about black grille on a black car
savclaude paint matched his and I think it looks amazing

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Old Oct 3, 2012 | 01:06 PM
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^^ i think that looks great!
i def want to do that in the future.

thats how the cars should have come imo.

color matched grills, and door handles.
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Old Oct 3, 2012 | 02:24 PM
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I'm actually on my way to Home Depot to get a can of plastidip for mine. Thinking about possibly even paint matching but we'll see. PMM is such an odd color that the darker colors don't exactly mesh well unless they are flat. At least I can peel it off if I hate it.
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Old Oct 3, 2012 | 03:19 PM
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i painted the BEAK ONLY and the fog bezels

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Old Oct 3, 2012 | 03:22 PM
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If you have a red car, I say dont wrap or plasti dip it. The stock grille really doesnt look that bad in my opinion, especially in red. If you do want to change it, I say gloss black or real carbon fiber is the only dark colors that will look good on your red paint.
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Old Oct 3, 2012 | 03:24 PM
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i dont think you should do it. it wont match with the red.
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Old Oct 3, 2012 | 05:11 PM
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sorry, i meant to say, black grille with a RED car. not sure how i feel about that lol
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Old Oct 3, 2012 | 09:41 PM
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do the grille and the center area below the front license plate like one of our european guys just did.
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Old Oct 3, 2012 | 10:25 PM
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Fail colormatching due to the harsh lighting lol


Plastidipped


CF
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Old Oct 3, 2012 | 10:43 PM
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Ehh I think I'll just leave the grille stock and focus on new rims and coilovers
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Old Oct 4, 2012 | 12:42 AM
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wow nice photoshop
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Old Oct 4, 2012 | 01:58 AM
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i think it looked best stock lol.
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Old Oct 4, 2012 | 08:24 AM
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Originally Posted by robpp
i painted the BEAK ONLY and the fog bezels

That looks nice! I want an 11 grille for my car "If they fit"

And I think OP should leave it stock.
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Old Oct 4, 2012 | 12:39 PM
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heres how gameover did his, i dunno if iselfdevi did anything to his grill

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