Painting Altezza Grill
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Painting Altezza Grill
I was thinking of getting my altezza grill painted the color of my car this week, satin silver. Has anyone done this? What do you think of it? Please post pics if you have any.
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Rep Power: 319 I painted mine the color of my car also. Then I painted the "grill" section silver to match the grill on my body kit. Came out real good. Look at my members rides and you can see it. Click below. 
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Rep Power: 511 zzzzzzzzzv - yours looks really good. did you do that yourself or pay someone to do it? how much did it cost if you payed someone? how did you do it if you painted it yourself?
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Rep Power: 0 i got my altezza grill painted at the honda body shop for $75. pretty steep for such a small piece, but i wanted it to look perfect. if you're looking to do it yourself, i'd suggest you go to tricity and get the silver ppg spray paint with clear coat or the duplicolor stuff (i haven't checked out either first hand tho). i don't think you have to prime the grill, but you have to scuff it before painting. tape up what you don't want to be painted and spray the paint on in an even sweeping motion so the paint doesn't drip. i'm not sure how many layers to put on, but i know that silver is a hard color to match (even with the color code.. some tinting may be required).
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Rep Power: 448 I got mine painted in SSM at the body shop that did some work for me in the past...(just the lip)
I dropped it off with them and left it there for about 2-3weeks and asked them to throw it in the booth the next time they did a SSM Civic...They did it for me at NO CHARGE!!
I dropped it off with them and left it there for about 2-3weeks and asked them to throw it in the booth the next time they did a SSM Civic...They did it for me at NO CHARGE!!
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Rep Power: 511 did you get the whole thing painted or did you just have the outside painted? how much did it cost to get painted?
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Rep Power: 0 For free? That must be a nice hook up then. I'm thinking of painting it myself since I heard that it would cost $75 for the dealership to just get the trim/lip painted! But I thought they didn't do anything with aftermarket parts?
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