KN.TL06

Hey guys just painted my center grille thought I'd show you guys and get your opinion because I'm about to sell this 06 base bumper within a month and do the same to my type s bumper. I think it looks great!

First I took off the bumper:

and disassembled the center grill.
Then I painted the trimmings and emblem sanding all of them before hand:

the bar holding the emblem I painted flat black and the rest of the trimmings including the emblem I painted flat gold:

This is the final product:


If I don't go snowboarding this weekend I'm planning on debadging the rear and painting the rear emblem and trimming flat gold =]. I think it looks great I'm digging it.

SharksBreath

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moar pics of the whole car, different angles.

VQPower37

eh ... its good work (well executed), i just dont know how I feel about gold emblems ... its ur car though so if u like it thats all that matters

KN.TL06

Thanks man, the only thing is I'm trying to go with a gold theme there for gold emblem and trimmings I was iffy about gold too but I like it lol.

I don't have much else on the car so I don't see the point with more angles lol. maybe when i put on my tien ss's and lower it.

justnspace

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Because it shows off what you have done on a larger scale....
we cant really tell what your grill looks like on your car when its only focused on your grill.

take some pics farther back.

KN.TL06

well in that case I'll try and get some more pics in later today lol =p

jwr0ng626

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^kinda feel the same on the gold... had gold emblems before on diff car and wasnt feelin it either. Would work if u get gold wheels posssibly

KN.TL06

Definitely going to get some gold rims here's an update

SharksBreath

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meh...

it's a clean job but you need to have some sort of gold theme going on if you want it to work. wheels, rear emblems, and def lower it.

justnspace

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the cross bar is throwing it off.
i think it needs to be gold as well.
im not even sure.....

it would look balller if there were other gold accents. but you dont have any

donny0391

^+1 The just GOLD stands out -_-

myron

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hate it. I hate gold anything on a car

jwr0ng626

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yea.. might be too much gold lol

stvtec

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I agree. Excellent execution, you obviously took your time and did things right. I'm just not feeling the gold on black, feels kind of "gaudy" to me.

KN.TL06

Dang you guys think so? I'm not even trying to be blingy or gaudy, shit I hope this ain't a fail haha.

Flyer92

stvtec

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Yeah, I never liked the gold emblems even on cars that came with them from the factory. But it is your car and if you ultimately decide that you like it, then who gives a shit what the rest of us think!

KN.TL06

haha yeah definitely well hopefully when I get my shit together I can change everyone's mind about this muhahaha

donny0391

well u did do a good paint job …paint ur rims gold and do a drop ..this thread will turn around quick

KN.TL06

thanks man appreciate it

donny0391

np im also a work in progress

KN.TL06

yeah man I noticed you have a type s, I'm slowly converting mine but I still won't have that 3.5

CLtotheTL32

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You did an excellent job but I'm not feeling it. Like others have said, once you get more gold accents on your car it will all tie in, but as of right now it doesn't look right.

SharksBreath

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you noticed wrong my friend...although his TL is very convincing.

Comptechtl2367

You did a great job i just wish you would have done it all blacked out with so clear. The whole gold think just looks over board and in your face. But if you like it keep it!

DeathMetal

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We don't call this a 'fail' in the modding world, we call this a 'learning experience'

LasVegasTL

Sorry man. Not a fan of the gold either.

v|nsan|ty

It looks too bling bling for me

jwr0ng626

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dont paint ur rims gold! that'll be an ultimate fail!

Timb227

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Not a fan of the gold either.

Did you put a bunch of coats of clear on top? If not, it's going to start chipping in a few weeks.

tiffanyyoungg

well done, but im not really feeling the black. maybe gunmetal?

donny0391

its not a type s im converting im guess Im doin a goodjob

KN.TL06

thanks man yeah that's what I'm planning to do it just doesn't quite make sense until i have everything else together

ah yes he is a stealthy one

Yeah man I like the majority of it I just don't not about the hood trimming

haha indeed

yeah understandable I'm not really either but since my engine cover was gold I decided to try out a theme

haha not what i was going for but hopefully when i get rims and my headlights and lipkit together i can change your mind

definitely not going to paint my stockies those are just one until i can afford rims

It's not clear coated i tried clear coating flat gold before and it's hideous, and I'm sure it won't chip I did the same thing to my engine cover and it's holding up fine.

I thought about a gun metal color but i tried to blend it in with my car color with a little contrast hence the flat black, but i thought about it.

Indeed you are haha and advice? because I'm doing the same to my car.

07tl-s6spd

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looks like the paintjob you did came out great!...but im also not feeling the gold

ggesq

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OP- I applaud you for your maturity in handling the responses that do not like the grill mod.

Maybe their is hope for AcuraZine

-MiG-

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I like gold, and your project was nicely executed but ehhhh..

jwr0ng626

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its cause the engine cover isnt exposed to flyin rocks n debris! lol be careful

Steven Bell

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KN, well executed indeed. And if you like it, it doesn't matter what any of us say!

The gold wheels will definitely compliment the grill.

When the gold accents were highly popular, people would also gold plate the badges on the trunk too.

KN.TL06

yeah the majority hate the gold that's for sure haha but thanks

haha thanks man

Thanks but what in you opinion is so "ehhhh.." about it?

Lmao yeah I figured that so I put on a lot of layers just so that if something did do damage that hopefully it'll just dent and not chip paint off the only thing i'm worried about is i didn't get to bake or cure the paint with heat but I feel like i should be fine it's been in the sun and hot these past couple days

thanks man! yeah I'm working on it, I probably won't post anymore things until I get more stuff on and make ya'll jizz your pants