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If you don't mind that I give my opinion first. The flat black and the gloss black is a nice color combination, however with the essential classyness of the 4g TL, it begs for anything but "flat colors." I think adding flat black to a 4G would degrade(cheapen) it just a bit, howevever this is just my opinion, I only have been Modding for 5 years now (not forever), so that is just my 02.
As for extra work, it is not extra work, it is just extra money. That flat black requires a flat clear. You wouldn't be able to just spray basecoat and leave it because it would have no protection. It would require a clear that dries flat, this allowing proection. So no extra work, just extra $ since typical body shops do not stock this type of clear, however I could be wrong, they may stock it for certain situations.
I never thought of it that way and now that you say it I kind of agree with you about the flat black. It's just an idea I had to do something a little different and try to keep those trim pieces from just blending in and washing away from a visual stand point. However, I would like to have them painted and I think you just made up my mind when you say it would be more dollars out of pocket. I think the TL looks sweet when the grille and rear trim are painted to match. Can't wait to get it done. I think I'm gonna follow you're lead and buy an extra grill, who knows maybe I'll just send it you're way if you're up for some extra work and $$...
Dude, you need to color match your headlights ASAP. Here is to give you some idea what color matched headlights will look like with the color matched grille.
WOW that looks excellent!! i need to do this myself thanks for all of the pics that's extremely useful! now if i only had all of those paint tools lol....
Ohhh okay! Thanks for the Info! I really like that style of grill. I have a 13 TL and wanted to paint match it. How do you or anyone else feel about the 13 grill paint matched? I haven't really found any 13 grills paint matched
Ohhh okay! Thanks for the Info! I really like that style of grill. I have a 13 TL and wanted to paint match it. How do you or anyone else feel about the 13 grill paint matched? I haven't really found any 13 grills paint matched
check the photo gallery threads. There's quite a bit of people who has color matched grilles.
12-08-2010, 07:13 PM
