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DIY - Black Grill / $7 / 10 minutes / (FULLY REVERSIBLE)
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09-15-2009, 02:44 PM | #45 |
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This is a great write up. I never thought to use plastic-dip. Looks like it came out really good.
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09-26-2009, 08:41 PM | #46 |
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front grille and taillights
these are the pix! i did two coats on the taillights and 4 coats on the grille...check it out...the taillight is flat so it looks kinda weird...at night it looks AMAZING...but in the day time it looks really weird...ill try to get some night pix and some morning pix later
w/ headlight on stock left side with right side done right signal light on black grille on monaco blue black grille on my dirty car =( Last edited by jdotwu; 09-29-2009 at 12:50 AM.. |
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10-06-2009, 01:14 AM | #47 |
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great infos!!!!
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10-10-2009, 11:19 AM | #48 |
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wow thanks for the write up and everybody else's pix...espeically with doing 8 coats that is awesome on the grill...nice matte look I like it! You saved a lot of people a lot of money. Can't wait to give this a try.
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10-10-2009, 01:03 PM | #49 |
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Good idea. Definitely a cash saver! Those clips are a pain...a right angle tool helps for the top 2, but a flat head screw driver is what I used for the bottom 3.
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10-19-2009, 03:26 PM | #50 |
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I just did 7 coats on my kidney grill, yesterday...it looks great...its says wait 4hrs per coat for it to dry completely...28 whole hours but hey can't beat the price ...I love the way it looks I'm like Plasti spray crazy right now...so I sprayed this dinky chrome license plate frame and it looks sweeeeeet. I want to do my tail lights and from orange corner lights too. I will post pix soon.
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10-20-2009, 12:14 AM | #51 |
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Dude read the directions on the plasti dip spray can lol...there are so many like u ..I know its dry but I want it to be fully dried especially since I'm not in any rush to have it in the rain.
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10-21-2009, 06:03 PM | #52 |
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final product pix...btw I wanted to also do this because of my scoops. some pix are with and without flash. Also the 3 dots on the bumper are from the front license plate that used to be there...I'm keeping it off.
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01-01-2010, 11:02 PM | #53 |
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finally did it!
I had a can of plastidip laying around so I finally decided to give this a shot
just finished my 8th coat and letting it dry overnight I'll post pics of the finished product tomorrow. No bubbles, drips, or anything! They look great Thanks OP! now i gotta do the lower grills... Last edited by elephino; 01-01-2010 at 11:03 PM.. Reason: forgot to rate |
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01-02-2010, 06:06 PM | #54 |
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here is my finished product!
They looked a bit weird with the bottom grills being gray, so i decided to plastidip those too. Pretty happy with the results! Only problem I ran into was with the bottom grills. As I removed the tape, it would slightly peel away the plastidip. But if you're patient and use a razor blade, the tape should come off cleanly. |
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01-11-2010, 05:18 AM | #59 |
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do you have to take off the front bumper to get the bottom grills out?
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01-11-2010, 03:19 PM | #60 |
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I have a question about preparing the surface before painting - how best to get rid of the chrome??
I used sandpaper but the surface is still so smooth..... as a result of the month varnish begins to flake a little.... Any ideas how to prepare a surface better? |
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03-10-2010, 12:27 AM | #61 |
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Sand it with coarser grit?
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