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Painting Plastic Grill?

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Old May 11, 2007 | 07:19 PM
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Is it possible to chrome paint the plastic grill? I dont really want to buy a mesh trim kit if I dont have to.
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Old May 11, 2007 | 09:29 PM
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chrome will unltimately look bright silver after awhile, I guess you could use some type of base coat first than apply the chrome spray to see if it differs or not.
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Old May 11, 2007 | 11:15 PM
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Since my car is silver, I dont think I would mind if it faded to silver a little bit. I might have to try and see how it turns out.
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Old May 12, 2007 | 11:03 AM
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I painted mine silver. It'* very easy.....the grille just pops out! Go for it!
I think you might be able to see it in this pic.

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Old May 12, 2007 | 09:53 PM
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That looks good Brian, I will have to try it.
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What kind of paint did you use for that?, it looks pretty nice
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Old Jul 19, 2007 | 09:08 AM
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Well I ended up painting the grill, dont have pictures though. It looks like BrianJ'* though. I just went to WalMart and got some plastic paint (dont remember brand.) Coated it several times and it looks nice. Better than the black hole that was there before.
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