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So, I'm planning on painting my grille today or tomorrow with paint I bought off paintscratch.com. Anyway my question for those of you who painted your grille; did you just paint over the unpainted portion or did you sand it down, primer it, base, and clear coat it. I could swear there was a DIY on this but I couldn't find it.

 
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yeah you need to prep it and actually do more than just put the paint on. for how cheap it is at a body shop for a professional paint job ($30), im surprised you just didnt have someone else do it.

 
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The bodyshops in my area are talking 100+. But I did end up just painting it and it looks like crap. I'll just give it another shot.

 
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just to paint the grill? wow. thats like what a front lip would cost here. well good luck, ive always had terrible luck painting stuff. always comes out the wrong shade of silver, and without a real clear coat, it wont have the look of stock paint.

 
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If u can find a shop thatll paint a front lip for 30 bucks Ill send my work your way lol. The odds of a color match are rare unless u go to a paint store an dhave the color chipped or scanned. Once u do that, its very easy to do. I woudl typicalyl charge 40-50 to do a grill shell. You shouldnt need more than 4-5 ounces of apint, which would run you about 10-15 bucks max for color. Any body shop should match your color and sell u material to DIY if you have no paint centers near you.

 
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the trick is, make friends at the body shop, then ask if you can drop off the grill and have them paint it whenever they have to mix up a batch of paint for another car. it may take a bit longer, but they usually wont charge you for the paint if they dont have to mix it just for you.