ricgrrarrow

just finished painting my grill .. went flat black on my DGP. tell me what you think.



waiting for my CAI to come in, then gonna put the bumper back up and will put pics later

CAI should be in tomorrow

anx1300c

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I like it. Looking forward to the complete picture.

evanj5

You should darken up the emblem, it will look better.

ricgrrarrow

do you think i should flat black that too?

04DCTL

i flat blacked mine, i like it better, just alot of bling isnt always my style but it looks amazing on some cars

ricgrrarrow

i did 3 coats of primer, 3 coats of flat black. i have yet to install it completely. but i didn't think about this until just now.. how difficult is it gonna be to maintain this? like is it gonna be a pain in the ass to keep the flat black looking flat.

ecliptics

i like it, looks nice from what i see

ayethetiense

ya its gonab hard, ive messed around with this. it chips like crazy with no clear coat. in a couple months its gona look like it has glitter on it hahahaha

i wanted the flat black look as well but i ended up putting a clear coat on cause it just chips too much...

the clear coat will make it shiny but at least it wont chip as much.

with the clear coat, it will still chip but def not as much. its worth it to clear coat it.

04DCTL

^^thats good advice, i need to get on that too

Frankie02

instead of puttin' gross clear coat you should use flat clear coat....only if they have that.

ricgrrarrow

i've never heard of a flat clear coat haha but thanks for the advice ayethetiense

i like the flat look, no glossyness.. it emphasizes the A .

TLAdvanced

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They do make Satin clear which is low gloss...

scotterson

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Don't flat black the acura emblem imo. The black grille sets off the silver emblem really nicely.

ricgrrarrow

where do you get that? just go and ask for stain clear coat?

how many coats do you recommend of the satin clear coat?

aSPECtL06

Nice! I really like it! You should make the emblem black chrome.

lembowski

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Just look for a spray can of flat clear.......its availiable

darksom1

Definitely flat black that emblem...sticks out like a sore thumb and makes the rest of the grille look dull...

ricgrrarrow

i flat blacked everything. both front and rear emblems and grills. will post pics soon!

lopopo

looks nice!

ASASN21

Looks good, can't wait to see updated pics.

I would paint the grille flat black and the emblem gloss black.

Napsoner

It looks good. I wanna flat black my grille also. I just don't know what steps to do the painting process.

ricgrrarrow

remove bumper, remove grill, sand down, primer, paint, dry.

pretty simple if you ask me

ayethetiense

any clear coat, even a low gloss, is still gloss.... its still gona shine. ive tried it all. and the more coats of clear coat, the more protected you will be to a certain extent.

if you try just putting a small amount of clear coat, it can easily chip. i used about 6 layers of clear coat. the last time i used 3, it wasnt enough.

ricgrrarrow

flat black front.

two lower grills aren't finished, but! i'm gonna get them finished soon

1StGenCL

eh, i was hoping to like it but not sure i do. It seems to work on white and some other colors but looks kind of bland on our color. Black out the headlights and maybe shine the "A" back up and see what happens. Maybe clear coat the grill too to give it some shine and protect it

ricgrrarrow

i'm gonna gloss black the emblem and possibly clear coat the rest of it.

italian_spak

looks good, i was thinking of going flat black on my nbp wonder how that looks....

ricgrrarrow

i wouldn't flat black the nbp. gloss that ish.

ayethetiense

ya the A symbol needs to be untouched. it looks good with the contrast

ricgrrarrow

im content with all of it flat black. the chromeness of it did kinda stick out funny.

S14 n Tsx

When I saw the title, I thought you were talking about the whole car flat black.

Looks good, but should left the "A" chrome.

ricgrrarrow

front and back grills completed

sorry for the camera phone pix.

will update when i find my digital haha

SRT-11

I like the back more than the front, but I'd like some better pics!!

Eoanou

Paint that lower Acura logo black too. I like the way the front looks, what are you going to do with the lower grills?

ricgrrarrow

the lower grills have mesh, and i flat blacked it .. but since the camera was a camera phone, it's shitty lookin haha. i've had a few TL owners who are not AZiners compliment it.

the local dealership even were drooling over it haha. my exhaust set off 2 alarms

i'll update pics when i find my digital

Napsoner

What paint did you use?

lifetimeofwar

Shes looking good., I'd say blackout your headlights to finish off that front end.

02type-s

If they made a base-model TL with cloth interior, this is what it would look like.

Sry

ricgrrarrow

yeah, Acura is replacing my headlights due to premature fading, but after that i'm gonna smoke out all my lights ..

02type-s: no worries, i like it so that's all that really matters, but thanks for your :twocents: