spraypainting MY06 front grille... with pics

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spraypainting MY06 front grille... with pics

Postby mikee » Wed Jan 06, 2010 11:01 pm

Hi Guys,

I'm not a chrome fan... so decided to matt black my front grille with exception to the Subaru emblem/badge. Seen a few other peeps do it so wanted to give it a go too.

It was a fun process.. pretty easy too. :)

Thought it would be useful to show what I did to achieve it and have attached some photo's of what I did. I'm sure you can do it other ways but this way worked well for me.

Step 1:
Take off the grille. As easy as it is to do this.. i managed to snap a bit off and broke an arrowhead off. SO... I took mine to Subaru LIndfield to take off as I didnt want to accidentally break more bits. it literally took Eddie 15 seconds to get off and I left with the grille ready to spray.

I unscrewed the Chrome wings off the grille and sanded both the wings and the grill in entirety with 320 grit sand paper.
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I Also masking taped any of the areas that I did not want sprayed. I included the emblem area and the part under the wings. ( I dont think you need to mask the parts under the wings as I had done. I think the tolerances will be ok after spraying it without.)
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After masking, you need to spray undercoat with spray Primer.. about 3 -4 coats. Sand back the Primer with approx 400 grit sandpaper to make a smooth finish. That is if you are fussy like me... bumps and marks can show up if you do not sand it all flat. After sanding always wipe dust residue away.
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I sprayed the grille and wings separately about 3-4 times again with the Matt Black spraypaint and after drying reassembled the wings to the grille.
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Re-assembled the grille myself.. it is actaully quite easy to do ( if you want to do this and need help just ask me) and viola.. a matt black grille front on my sti!
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I ended up using Septone Primer and Septone Matt Black (both acryilic)... get from Supercheap Auto.

Cost = $34 - 2 x sprays
Sandpaper = $0 as i Already had. Only costs about $1.80 a sheet at bunnings.

Hope this is useful! :D

ps. Sorry for the large pics.. should have resized them!
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Re: spraypainting MY06 front grille... with pics

Postby Arith » Wed Jan 06, 2010 11:10 pm

Looks fantastic! Matches the STi front lip too. Been wanting to do this to my MY07+ factory grill as well.

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Postby Lukovitch » Wed Jan 06, 2010 11:30 pm

Arith wrote:Looks fantastic! Matches the STi front lip too. Been wanting to do this to my MY07+ factory grill as well.


+1. How many grilles for your MY07 do you own btw? :wink:
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Postby nytrojen » Wed Jan 06, 2010 11:41 pm

Looks a million bucks buddy! Factory, yet sporty. I love it
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Re: spraypainting MY06 front grille... with pics

Postby Digital » Wed Jan 06, 2010 11:45 pm

very nice write-up! i went through the same process more or less. love the smooth finish!

a great addition to the walkthrough section! :D
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Postby GTB Liberty » Thu Jan 07, 2010 12:30 am

Lukovitch wrote:
Arith wrote:Looks fantastic! Matches the STi front lip too. Been wanting to do this to my MY07+ factory grill as well.


+1. How many grilles for your MY07 do you own btw? :wink:


Doesn't everyone have 3 like me?

The respray looks excellent.
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Re: spraypainting MY06 front grille... with pics

Postby Ric » Thu Jan 07, 2010 7:19 am

Digital wrote:very nice write-up! i went through the same process more or less. love the smooth finish!

a great addition to the walkthrough section! :D

I agree! :)
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Re: spraypainting MY06 front grille... with pics

Postby mikee » Thu Jan 07, 2010 7:41 am

Thanks for the comments guys.

Now i'm thinking of doing the same with some other areas.. but unsure if I will. May try to photoshop it to see if it would look ok before I actually do it.

potential areas:
Fog light cover bits (dont know the name for these)
Air intake lip part (removeable part)

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Re: spraypainting MY06 front grille... with pics

Postby THERB3 » Fri Jan 08, 2010 1:19 pm

Looks fantastic well done.

Does anyone have an extra grill for me. :D
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Postby GTB Liberty » Fri Jan 08, 2010 1:57 pm

THERB3 wrote:Looks fantastic well done.

Does anyone have an extra grill for me. :D


Sure do - http://forum.liberty.asn.au/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=7410

I also have a brand new never out of the box one BUT I'm not sure if I want to get rid of it.
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Re: spraypainting MY06 front grille... with pics

Postby jimbo » Sun Jan 10, 2010 9:34 am

undertaking this process as we speak :D

will post pics when it is done
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Re: spraypainting MY06 front grille... with pics

Postby libsti » Sun Jan 10, 2010 10:00 am

looks great, i dont know why i bother with other typres of grills.
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Re: spraypainting MY06 front grille... with pics

Postby Arith » Sun Jan 10, 2010 12:42 pm

libsti wrote:looks great, i dont know why i bother with other typres of grills.

Well I don't know about you, but I'm helping to put Phat's kids through college.

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Postby GTB Liberty » Sun Jan 10, 2010 5:46 pm

Arith wrote:
libsti wrote:looks great, i dont know why i bother with other typres of grills.

Well I don't know about you, but I'm helping to put Phat's kids through college.


Aren't we all? LOL
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Re: spraypainting MY06 front grille... with pics

Postby jimbo » Thu Jan 14, 2010 6:41 pm

painted mine.......bloody wind flipped one of the chrome pieces, f u c k e d it i'll have to repeat the process. can only really see it in the light of day though looks heaps better than chrome though
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