pre faced grill DIY low $$

[ricco]

hey guys so i thought i might share with you all, i wanted to change my grill but did not want a carbon looking one, so i thought my grill and DIY it so here is the result.



so what i did is as follows.

took off the grill
on the back there is 3 screws what hold the chrome wing in place.
went to my local hobby store and got a can of Tamiya TS-6 black spray paint. $12.00
sprayed it with a distance of 30cms away, this will give u a even coat
i then hung the wing in my bathroom with the heat lamps on heating the room up.
i did 2 coats in total, on the last coat left it in the bathroom under the lamps for about a hour, just to make sure it sets nice.


you can see in the pic these fins i took off

i then grabed a set of super sharp side cutter from my local Jaycar Store, http://www.jaycar.com.au/productView.asp?ID=TH1891
i then cut the fins that run from top to bottom, using the side cutters
i used a stanely knife and heated it up then carefully took the left over plastic pieces that where left from cutting.

[SH30RB]

ahh pre face?

[zch91]

The paint is most likely going to be chipped soon.

[ZeroPants]

Yup i have the same thing apart from removing the the little supports and i have some Black Nitto Tape around the lower support in the front bar lol

and i just used el'cheapo Matt black from super cheap with some plastic primer and i did about 6 light coats

[alex.shelford]

I painted mine at first before I made it into a grill mesh
The only problem I found was all the paint started to chip off (as said above) however I didnt use plastic paint. Hopefully urs doesn't chip.
Looks good man

[ricco]

yer ill just keep a can in the boot and touch up on the fly ahhahaha

[zch91]

Vinyl wrap is the way to go

[mynameisdaniel]

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/150869680972

+1 for vinyl, mine's still going strong.

Ricco, you should try and file those vetical bits dead flat so you can't see them at all

[ricco]

YER I WILL, also what tape did u use for the t bar?

[fletch2]

The paint is most likely going to be chipped soon.

He's not wrong, I used a half decent Matt black spray paint and did 8 or so light coats, looks great at first and now after a couple of days it's already coming off!

[wilso]

Use PlastiDip like I did. Its a rubber based product so it shouldn't chip or flake off.

[mynameisdaniel]

The black grille looks great on the black! I like how you left the badge chrome as it kind of ties in the headlights that little bit

YER I WILL, also what tape did u use for the t bar?

I used the same vinyl, although I stretched it a bit too much while it was heated so it's come up a tiny bit. But I'll redo it properly.

[fletch2]

Use PlastiDip like I did. Its a rubber based product so it shouldn't chip or flake off.

If the closest shop that sold plastidip wasn't 1 1/2 hours away i would definitely do it!

[antmanyo]

Use PlastiDip like I did. Its a rubber based product so it shouldn't chip or flake off.

If the closest shop that sold plastidip wasn't 1 1/2 hours away i would definitely do it!

www.getdipped.com.au will ship cans to you.. but theyre quite bad with emails i hear as i think they just do it as a side thing

[Kody.B]

They won't ship interstate. I emailed them asking them to post and they said they couldn't do it - yet.