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repainting grillie help

Postby wizzy » Fri Aug 05, 2011 2:03 pm

so i thought of repainting my grille of my 2000 SE and i think i should have not sanded it down because now i got these little pieces sticking up any tip of removing them i already put primer over should i sand it down ? or use a different grit ?? any suggesting ?

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Re: repainting grillie help

Postby wizzy » Fri Aug 05, 2011 4:32 pm

nvm i sanded it and its going as planed .
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Re: repainting grillie help

Postby dinoxor » Fri Aug 05, 2011 5:19 pm

post up an after picture!
and a quick tut on how you did it ;]
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Re: repainting grillie help

Postby wizzy » Fri Aug 05, 2011 5:50 pm

Sanded all them little particles away and hit it with another coat of primer

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Re: repainting grillie help

Postby wizzy » Sat Aug 06, 2011 10:27 am

HERES SOME MORE PICS OF MY DIY COMING OUT CLEAN SO FAR JUST NEED SO CLEARR

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Re: repainting grillie help

Postby yaddadaimsayin » Sat Aug 06, 2011 11:27 am

looks like its comin along quite nicely :up:
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Re: repainting grillie help

Postby wizzy » Sat Aug 06, 2011 12:04 pm

thanks bro
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Re: repainting grillie help

Postby mig0s » Sat Aug 06, 2011 7:24 pm

nice job. I have to repaint mine cuz the first time I only had 1 layer of primer lol. But it's such a pain in the ass to take off the grill!
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Re: repainting grillie help

Postby wizzy » Sat Aug 06, 2011 11:19 pm

its only 3 screws and two clips attached to the bumper simple .
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Re: repainting grillie help

Postby 2Gud2BTru » Thu Sep 29, 2011 12:31 pm

is the first black coat plasti-dip or is it just plastic paint?
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Re: repainting grillie help

Postby solara_kid2000 » Tue Oct 25, 2011 2:33 pm

looks really nice can u post the steps on how u did it? my oem grille is peeling and i was thinking about juss painting it too
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Re: repainting grillie help

Postby Solarasian » Tue Oct 25, 2011 10:33 pm

Paint thinner to remove the paint on the grille already and to clean it. Then sand it to take off peeling areas then a finer grit for smoothness primer then paint. That's what I did
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