Having trd off road cheese grater grille painted

hey guys, I'm definitely in the minority here but my TRD off road 'cheese grater' grille has grown a lot on me. After plasti dipping it, I actually love the matte black look but I am looking for a permanent solution. Has any one had theirs powder coated or professionally painted? Post any pics if you have any. If I could do something myself let me know what you recommend.

 

I had mine professionally painted. I didn't go matte black, I went with regular black and a clear coat. They powder coated it / 2 coats of black and 2 clear coats. Almost a year into owning it and it's holding up great. Check out my build for some pictures.

 

Yeah that looks awesome. If you don't mind me asking, how much did it cost ya?

 

You can powdercoat plastic?

 

I did this one with rattlecan rockguard

 

No

 

Looks great! I'm going to paint mine with a quality spray paint but might leave the emblem chrome.

 

I painted mine.

 

Are you guys using any primer or having them sandblasted first before you paint them?

 

Yo, this looks amazing. Never liked the look plastidip black. Instead I got a PRO grille from the dealer. Hate being a PROser but hated the chrome cheese grater more.

This black paint though really looks super good. Might have done this instead. Especially since I could use my devil horns if I did. Well done!

 

I used sand paper to rough up the surface and then self etching primer.

 

To clarify, you had it painted, not powder coated, correct?

 

I think $150? Not sure. But it wasn't a bad price!

Thanks man. Yeah I ended up buying an extra grill on eBay then used that one to get painted. I want to keep all of my stock parts.

I'm really happy I did it this way.

Correct

 

yes you can.

 

Pretty sure powder coating requires having it baked after and you cant bake the plastic grille

 

Not with that attitude

 

I hated the Stock Grille with a passion, I imagine the OR and Sport make up the majority of Tacoma sales so it makes financial sense for them to put the ugliest Grille on them in hopes that you end up buying a Pro Grille

 

Your response was to a blanket question regarding the power coating of plastic.

http://www.kpuvpowder.com/uv-coating-substrates/plastic/