Pic Request: Painted Grills

[Ahheck01]

I'm considering scuffing and painting my grills (black slats around headlights and within kidneys) black, giving them a glossier finish - and a more durable rich black new look, rather than an ever-fading black plastic look. Has anyone done this? What about body-colored paint?

Post pics of your painted grills!

-Evan

[jw 325ic]

gloss would look weird. stick with a trim paint or semi-flat/satin paint. body color usually looks like shit. unless its black...

[stevofthahill]

Do it, it really freshens them up. I recommend using the SEM trim paint. Or you could spend a little dough and get some euro-grills for around $50-60. But painting your grills body color = a no, no.

[YAN-3]

Do it, it really freshens them up. I recommend using the SEM trim paint. Or you could spend a little dough and get some euro-grills for around $50-60. But painting your grills body color = a no, no.

+1 on the body color crap

[Ahheck01]

Do it, it really freshens them up. I recommend using the SEM trim paint. Or you could spend a little dough and get some euro-grills for around $50-60. But painting your grills body color = a no, no.

Yeah, that was my plan - to get Euro grills and then paint them. I just haven't decided matte or gloss black yet.

Pics?

-Evan

[stevofthahill]

Yeah, that was my plan - to get Euro grills and then paint them. I just haven't decided matte or gloss black yet.

Pics?

-Evan

A lot of euro grills won't need to be painted because they either are new, or are in like new condition. I've had mine on for over a year now, and they still haven't shown signs of fading like my US-spec did before I painted those.

[schmidty]

i would go flat black as well

[Silence*]

Here are my kindey's and headlight rings painted black:

[euroshark]

I did satin black on my E28 grilles and it looks awesome... Flat or satin for sure, no gloss, and no body color.

[GaryE30]

Mine are painted and carbon fibered... :drink:

[scBeamer803]

look at sig!

[PiercedE30]

topless: where did you get the cf grill covers?

[KevRC4130]

I know I'm going to get flamed for this...


But has anyone seen a black car w/ white grills? I think it could look badass on the right car...

[EWAustin]

I did the grilles on my old iS in flat black and the kidney's in gloss black. Looks awesome:

[JasonC]

I like black kidney grills, but sometimes it looks like there is something missing. When they are black.