djnelsen

before.....

<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/13802/sharp_iso.jpg">

after.....please excuse my filthy car, complete with bird****....also ignore that nasty wheel gap...my driveway is a little cockywompus as they say....

<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/13802/grillmod1.jpg">

<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/13802/grillmod2.jpg">

<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/13802/grillmod3.jpg">

pretty happy with how it came out. Interestingly, the semi-matte texture is honestly unintentional. I was going for a gloss finish to match the paint, but I had the air-to-paint mixture wrong on the paint gun, so I ended up with a texture that was luckily nearly identical to the plastic of the grill.

Maybe I'm just talking myself into it, but I think I actually like it better than some of the other pics of this I've seen of it glossy.

brief sequence of events....

1. remove grill from car, remove chrome surround piece (duh)

2. used a dry 400 grit sandpaper to scuff up the foam

3. washed thouroughly, let dry

4. three coats of laquer-based primer

5. 600 grit wet-sand

6. washed thouroughly, let dry

7. three coats laquer-based black paint

8. four coats of laquer-based clear coat

Clear corners next.....ain't free mods fun? =)

Bill In SoCal

Nice gunmetal rims. mine look about the same right now :-D

djnelsen

hee hee......that's my ghetto gunmetal mod.....it's called two weeks in New England

Jon G

if you're into ghetto mods...why no clear corners?

kennyc

why is it flat black?? 4 coats of clear coat should be pretty glossy...

djnelsen

read it again, einstein =P

ordare

snice.

ordare

jerk

djnelsen

I'm really happy it did though. Very happy with how it looks. Kinda unique.

You guys don't like to read, do ya? Ya just like lookin' at all dem perty pictures. =P

djnelsen

tanks mang