I want to paint my grille, but....

Question. I want to paint the ugly grille on my DCOR, but I don't want to use plasti dip because i fear that the color won't match well. My truck is black and I don't want a dull black look on the grille and would rather a little more shine to be similar to truck.

Anyone have recommendations for paint or should I splurge more and try to get paint match paint to spray or can I do a plasti dip, but get more shine to it?

 

There are different colors of plasti that allow for a shine, plus they have clear coat plasti that is specifically to make it shine like normal paint jobs

 

So I do regular plasti coats then a clear over it?

 

dip it

 

black on black looks fine to me

 

Ya this shot it looks good, but I have seen other shots where it was a dull black and didn't look good which I was worried about.

 

Did mine exactly like this and it looks great, everyone thinks it's factory.
I used the black PlastiDip and then gave it a few coats of "glossifier" (aka PlastiDip clear coat).

 

Thanks - I think I will go this route and see how it turns out

 

Derp it! You can always peel it off lol

 

Don't use plastidip. I used bedliner. Rustoleum makes one. Use that.

 

Cliffnotes pics only version because posted too many times:




And over a year later i dare you to find the imperfections

 

I've posted this before but didn't show what paint I used. Very happy with the results.

 

i used plasti dip. If you messup, just spray it with WD40 and it comes right off. no joke. i have had it on mine for about 8 months and it still looks good. did about 6 coats (1 can)

 

I ended up derping mine and using glossifier as well. I did 6 coats of Plasti Dip and 3 coats of glossifier. I am happy with it for the price. I think I would rather paint matched, but for the money I am super glad i did it.

 

Buy a cheap one to practice on like mine 35.00 in for sale section. Portland

 

There are some body supply stores and some napa stores that can mix paint (factory paint color) into a spray can. You can use single stage or 2 stage (base / clear) if you want it exactly the same as your body.

 

The body shop I have used to paint my Scion xB back in the day wanted 2 bills to paint the grille paint matched - I think he's over price now and I could ask other places. I think for now I'll leave it as is until I can find a grille I actually like the looks of lol

 

If you decide you want to color match, order from here and DIY

http://www.apstowerpaint.com/

 

Not sweating it, I just don't want to pay 2 bills to paint a grille I ultimately don't like and will change in the future. If he said $100 I may have, but I know this is not my long term grille 'cause it's ugly lol

Thanks for the info, this will help if I want to tackle other parts of the truck like the fender flares or the front plastic part on the front bumper.

 

There are lots of cool grilles out there.