Continuing with the black n blue theme, I had to get rid of the grey grille but wasn't completely sold on the c-mod (although alot of folks have it and it looks great) so I decided to paint the grille black and do the engine cover in Blue.......
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Re: Painted Grille/Engine Cover (dflane39)
I'ts lookin good, keep it up Should've painted the mustache also
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Re: Painted Grille/Engine Cover (nitram0i)
+1 on both accounts...still looks great though, big improvement from that drab grey.nitram0i wrote:I'ts lookin good, keep it up Should've painted the mustache also
Question for you...did you have to remove the bumber to get the grill out? Grill is my next mod...to I just need to pop out the clips and then push the little tabs behind it?
Re: (Viper5000)
Thanks! My friends think I have a sickness when it comes to modding my car! But springtime has arrived early in the Northwest, which has allowed my creative juices to run like crazy!Viper5000 wrote:dang girl you sure are pumping out the mods... looks damm good
I wanted to paint the moustache but my bodyshop guy said painting the chrome wouldn't last very long, one rock hit and it would start to chip. I've got a 3M protection film on the front of the car, but you can't apply that stuff till a month after you paint, and there's no way the car can sit in the garage for a month, waiting to apply that film to that little area.....I can live with the moustache for now
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Re: (dflane39)
I still vote for the vinyl mustache overlays, they hold up really well. Or just have the two chrome pieces painted and don't put them back on the grill until they're a month old.
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Re: (boystar22)
I sanded my grille down and painted the chrome, added like 4-5 clear coats also and its held up since I did it about 3 weeks ago
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Re: Painted Grille/Engine Cover (dflane39)
Very nice, lovin that engine cover!
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Re: Painted Grille/Engine Cover (dflane39)
Very nice, grill looks like mine after I painted mine. I sprayed my grill black and while it was still wet I took some blue metallic spray paint and went over it twice to give it an overlay look. I like yours, good job. I'm still debating on my mustache because I want the chrome gone.
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Re: Painted Grille/Engine Cover
DAMN GIRLLLL serious mods all over the place... IM LOVING THAT ENGINE COVER... im lookin to do something similar to my cover but w/ RED
Your car is coming along very nice
Your car is coming along very nice
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Re: Painted Grille/Engine Cover (nismogxs21)
i LOVE how that engine cover came out!!!!
Re: Painted Grille/Engine Cover (dflane39)
Im considering painting my grille and engine cover and was j/w what brand paint you used to do them? Is it easy to take out the grille to paint? Thanks!
Re: Painted Grille/Engine Cover (srwong)
Im considering painting my grille and engine cover and was j/w what brand paint you used to do them? Is it easy to take out the grille to paint? Thanks!
Re: Painted Grille/Engine Cover (jdeb101)
I have a friend who has a bodyshop, so my grill and cover were done professionally. However, through a search I found this in the how-to section.......hope this helps!jdeb101 wrote:Im considering painting my grille and engine cover and was j/w what brand paint you used to do them? Is it easy to take out the grille to paint? Thanks!
http://www.nicoclub.com/archiv....html
As far as removing the grille, I can't answer that.....plenty of people have removed theirs to replace with something else, so I'm sure someone on the forum can answer that question!
Re: Painted Grille/Engine Cover (srwong)
Thanks swrong! When I had my intake put in last week, this guy said he does airbrushing and if I had some sort of symbol or something, he could airbrush it on there....Im thinking of something having to do with NICO......gotta represent out here in the toolies!srwong wrote:i LOVE how that engine cover came out!!!!