Another Plasti-Dip grill thread. Pics of my '08 CBP Type S
 

With some free time and a can of Plasti-Dip laying around I figured what the heck. I can give it a shot and if I dont like it peel it off. Im not really a fan of blacking everything out, but I have seen a few guys do a real nice tasteful job with plasti-dip on the grill which doesnt over do it, but looks like it could have come stock this way.

So the first few pics I did just the chrome cross bar. It looked good, but something about the black with the gray plastic surround just didnt seem right. So I did it again, but the second time I did the gray portion as well. I think I like it, the finished product turned out perfectly smooth and like I said before, I think it could have come from the factory this way. Not too much black, but just enough to change it up a little bit.

What do you guys think? Leave it for now, or peel that shit off? I will give it a few days and see how I feel.




Taping off JUST the chrome bar. I know that Plasti-Dip oversprays like crazy so I basically covered the entire car. I didnt want to have to clay bar my car again.
http://www.linenoyz.net/files/images/Dip_1.JPG


Finished product of just the cross bar dipped. Here you can see the difference between the dark gray and black, and I felt it kind of clashed.
http://www.linenoyz.net/files/images/Dip_2.jpg


Another pic of just the middle bar dipped
http://www.linenoyz.net/files/images/Dip_3.jpg


Taping to do the gray part as well
http://www.linenoyz.net/files/images/Dip_4.jpg


Finished product of both the crossbar and lower gray piece dipped
http://www.linenoyz.net/files/images/Dip_5.jpg


http://www.linenoyz.net/files/images/Dip_12.jpg


http://www.linenoyz.net/files/images/Dip_14.jpg

Looks nice and simple. I like the look a lot!

Keeping it classy as always man!

nice work! but I thought you were going to keep this mint TL-S all stock since it was so mint.

Nice-it seems to bring out the shine in the chrome grill.

I definitely like the whole inside dipped.



I actually might do this this weekend. :genius: :ponder:

Looks good and very clean!

Nice work. I did only the middle bar at first too, and realized i didn't like the gray lower part not matching, so I then did that part as well. I really like the look, its gotta be one of the best $6 mods out there.

And that is exactly why plasti-dip is so nice, because I did not modify anything on the car and it can be peeled off at any second. :-)

me gusta

oh right look better on CBP lol.

Nice work...like just the inside done on the Type S grill. I have the base so I did the silver trim on the bumper too.

So much unnecessary masking of your car haha but looks good OP!

sexy and you know it...

When I did mine I had the bumper off so I took the whole grill assembly apart and painted the pieces. I left the chrome outer ring alone and the A. Similiar to yours except I had mine all in pieces when I sprayed it.

Looks good. Now just black out the bars in your headlights and the lower grille. lol.

Looks real good man. I may consider this. Where did you get the chrome trim kit?

ps - are you really on your 5th TL? lol

looks good

I noticed this thread got brought back up. Since I have done this mod having that chrome cross bar black never grew on me. I ended up peeling that part off. I did however leave the gray plastic lower portion plasti dipped and it looks pretty good. Since its black now it matches the rest of the front trim/headlights/grill nicely compared to it being gray stock.

http://www.linenoyz.net/files/images/DSC08537.JPG

http://www.linenoyz.net/files/images/DSC08538.JPG

Looks good.

And the Type S comes with chrome trimming and bar on the front and rear.

I like the all black with chrome "A"!

Go with this..