To everyone with painted grill
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To everyone with painted grill
Did any of you have to take the bumper off to remove the grill?
In reality I just want the three parts to get painted:
- the top part, which is on the hood
- the middle piece
- the molding around the whole grill.
I know I can remove the top and the mid piece, but can I remove the molding to?
I want to get them pained just like the were body color on 2003 CL
Thanks
In reality I just want the three parts to get painted:
- the top part, which is on the hood
- the middle piece
- the molding around the whole grill.
I know I can remove the top and the mid piece, but can I remove the molding to?
I want to get them pained just like the were body color on 2003 CL
Thanks
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You can do 1 of 2 things... Remove front bumper to gain access or tape off the areas you wish to not paint and paint them that way...
I will post pics when I get home
I will post pics when I get home
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Originally Posted by stillhere153
You can do 1 of 2 things... Remove front bumper to gain access or tape off the areas you wish to not paint and paint them that way...
I will post pics when I get home
I will post pics when I get home
Please do.
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Originally Posted by Ac_Attack
18.235 minutes to uninstall front bumper.
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Originally Posted by Ac_Attack
18.235 minutes to uninstall front bumper.
I better wait until the days get longer.
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Here is the info for bumper removal and grille mod:
1) grille mod
2) bumper removal
You can all thank me later!
1) grille mod
2) bumper removal
You can all thank me later!
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wow that looks scary painting it with it still on the car. It came out really nice though! What kind of paint did you use? Any problems with chipping or flaking/peeling?
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Originally Posted by Ac_Attack
18.235 minutes to uninstall front bumper.
Did you take a coffee break or something... it take me less than 10 minutes to take mine off...
Well... 'cause I invested in a bodyshop professional plastic clip remover tool... 'cause sometimes only one clip can take 18.235 minutes to remove...
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Originally Posted by stavebomb
wow that looks scary painting it with it still on the car. It came out really nice though! What kind of paint did you use? Any problems with chipping or flaking/peeling?
it was a pro job... the mesh behind the grille was covered aswell... so it is still that grey dull non painted color
as for chipping flaking or anything of that sort none watsoever ( ) cuz a pebble could do some damage
as for the color of the paint it is NBP... the very same paint used on Evaders nbp when he got into his accident
ahmad hooked me up kid... it looks like it came like that out of the lot
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Originally Posted by stillhere153
it was a pro job... the mesh behind the grille was covered aswell... so it is still that grey dull non painted color
as for chipping flaking or anything of that sort none watsoever ( ) cuz a pebble could do some damage
as for the color of the paint it is NBP... the very same paint used on Evaders nbp when he got into his accident
ahmad hooked me up kid... it looks like it came like that out of the lot
as for chipping flaking or anything of that sort none watsoever ( ) cuz a pebble could do some damage
as for the color of the paint it is NBP... the very same paint used on Evaders nbp when he got into his accident
ahmad hooked me up kid... it looks like it came like that out of the lot
i like what i read lol
looks sick
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Originally Posted by stavebomb
Cool! I just bought my NBP paint today, but i forgot to buy a clear coat. Did you use put a clear coat on yours? If so what brand of paint did you use?
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it was 4.99 a bottle for a 5oz can. i used about three for the entire grille, however i think i am just going to buy regular black spray paint and do it with that. I dont like how the grille looks with the NBP paint that i bought it just looks kinda weird.
i bought it from kragen auto parts.
i did not put a clear coat and did primer it before reading the directions how it said this paint might eat away or mess up most primers so that might be the case.
if you decide to try it out without primer let me know how it looks.
i bought it from kragen auto parts.
i did not put a clear coat and did primer it before reading the directions how it said this paint might eat away or mess up most primers so that might be the case.
if you decide to try it out without primer let me know how it looks.
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Originally Posted by stavebomb
really? which paint did they use?
#27
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ha, ya i just want it to look good! I am actually all done with it now and what i did applied 3 coats of NBP paint. no clear coat. let the paint sit and cure for a couple days. at first i liked it cuz it was at night and looked really good, but the next day in the sun it looked terrible. you could see all of the nasty texture from the paint and it was not smooth at all. anyways i ended up buying some rubbing compound and used that on it. I got the newly painted parts wet and then just rubbed a way in back and forth motions and it took out all of the nasty texture and really smoothed it out. I am now loving it! haha
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