Finally got around to changing my grille today. Even painted the bumper a little bit (only the top half), got some overspray on the turn signal lights, taking care of that this evening with 200 grit wet sand paper! What do ya think?

To Start:


The Wife helping get the bugger of a bolt out of the hood!


The Finished Product, Makes me think of a puppy dog lol:

 

i think you need to buy masking tape and a newspaper next time you do paint work on the truck

looks good otherwise.

 

So true! You ought to see what I did to the Honda this morning when I tried painting that, 4 bottles of non-acetone nail polish remover, and 3 hours later I got it all off lol. I wasn't too sure about the black grille, but figured it couldn't look that horrible seeing as I have all black trim. I am doing a complete paint job in the spring. Who ever had this first really screwed it up and painted a house with the truck near by and got lots of black overspray on it.

 

if you want any hope of saving that paint after hitting it with acetone you should wash it IMMEDIATELY!!!!!!!! paint thinner usually wont eat through automotive paint, but acetone will(just ask my friends from hs, she spilled it on her tailgate and had no paint in that spot anymore)

 

We used non acetone nail polish remover for 3/4 of it, then I went and bought 2 bottles of acetone nail polish remover, just went out and rinsed the car off to make sure there isn't any residue left so it doesn't slowly eat through the paint. Luckily I already promised the wife I would have her car painted in February. Ok, so in your honest opinion, this black isn't really super matching with the mirrors and the rest of the trim. The mirrors are the rough black paint. Think I should get bed liner and paint the grille? Not the shiny black plastic spray on liner, but the actual hard spray on liner.

 

the mirrors arent painted, they are black plastic, i think a flat black paint on the grill would look just as good as the black that is there now, if you are going with the bed liner i would do the whole front bumper(yes this thought has crossed my mine for my truck, but my truck is green so i think it would look weird

 

The mirrors are plastic and flat black, but kind of a rough black plastic, not smooth like the bumper, so you think just leave it the way it is now? For some reason I just think it looks retarded lol, but I liked it when I think of it in my mind, but that may be because I hate change.

Edit:
If you were to paint both your bumpers (maybe the grill) and other parts like where mine is black, I actually think your truck would look pretty cool with that black bed liner spray

 

painting the mirrors or door handles would be VERY VERY difficult to get a good coat of paint to stick to properly, you would have to sand it smooth and clean it up, not something you could do while they are on the truck IMO.

if it were me i would leave it as it is right now.

 

Yeah, its not too fun removing all of that stuff lol

KEEPING IT THE WAY IT IS!

 

Oh the joys of vise grips and a socket to get those blasted studs out.