i just want to make it known... whoever wants to change out thier grille insert... fukin beware... just have someone else do it lol...

frikin sucked..

but anyway.. im in btween coats now... i might stick it on tomorrow afternoon.. maye ill let it dry more than 24 hours.. i dunno..

also gotta figure out how im going to install the street scene inserts..

if you just put them over my chrome inserts.. it looks like trash.. so ima see if i can install them with no inserts...

in case you dont know.. this is the look im going for

from this



to this...

 

heres what it looked like when i pulled the tape off



maybe ill put in on tommorow after noon... then ill get some day time pics

 

A lot of money and time to defeat the purpose of going for the sport look. Maybe I should take orders for sport grills here in Canada and send them off to you boys. Maybe add a few bucks plus you will have to pay tax, no duty as far as I know. I don't even know how much they cost.

 

I was wishing that I got the chrome honeycomb grill insert. What made you get the chrome and then decide to change it to black?

 

looks pretty cool, Doc.
did you just paint right over the chrome?
did you buy touch-up paint in a can or something?
cant wait to see it installed.

 

I ordered matching paint and did mine last week, although I did not paint the insert portion.

 

How are yall prepping the grill before you paint it? I thought about doing this but afraid of it chipping off. Never painted over chrome before.

 

used a good primer after cleaning it with a prep (like paint thinner). Here in montana it will eventually get a chip or two, no way around that.

 

My new Painted Grille was just over $200 ready to install. Got $100 for the chrome one. So net was about $100. Bet you can't even come anywhere close to that.

Would of been easier to paint your grille if you had removed the insert. Just have to be careful you don't break the tabs off.

 

Topgun: where did u sell your chrome grille? Im looking at buying an oem painted grille but Id like to get rid of the chrome on to recoupe some money.