Just finished my BHLM and painted grille.

And boy are my arms tired. First off I would like to say I really like the look and it's a decent 10 footer and even a five footer job but I would not do it again(anytime soon, atleast) and I will probably end up buying a painted grille off of trdparts4u.

Before(not the best picture for reference)......

After......

Much more to follow as soon as I win the lottery or rob a bank.

 

Looks great!

 

Looks awsome! I would like to do this to my truck, is there a write up on it?

 

A whole lot better, looks great!

 

Great job! It was worth it!

 

Looks pretty good man,

I'm getting ready to do both of these myself. What paint did you go with? The aresole can from automotivetouchup.com? If so, how did you prep the chrome on your grill? Did you just sand it and use their adhesion promoter?

 

Yes, and the paint matches pretty good. My only issue is that the clear that I used was not the best and I need to wet sand and buff but I am not sure the three coats of clear was enough. We'll see.

Also, I separated the chrome surround from the main part of the grille and that was a pain in itself but I found it was easier to prep and I didn't have to mask off the rest of the grille.

 

At the top of this page is a column labeled "mods & tutorials". That is where I got the instructions for the BHLM.

 

Nice!

 

Nice!! i like the symbol painted

 

Did you use their aresol clearcoat as well? Also you didn't answer my chrome prep question!

Thanks

 

im glad you kept the factory grill,looks great!

 

Lookin' good boss!!

 

wow nice any issues with the baking and resealing

 

p.s nice rims

 

No, I didn't use their clear. I only bought the basecoat from them. I figured I could buy the clear local without paying the big dollar shipping cost. As far as prep, I just sanded until the chrome was dull and used two coats of adhesion promoter per the website instructions and then applyed the basecoat.

Actually, that was the easiest part. The only issue I had was that the newly painted headlight insert touches on the clear lens and it slightly melted. You can't really tell without really analyzing the headlights.

Also as someone else had mentioned before, it is tough to get the lens back on to the newly blacked out chrome surround without chipping the edges. I sprayed three coats of Krylon Fusion plus let it cure inside my house for fourteen hours and I still got some chips on the edge.

 

looks awesome!

 

thanks fo da tips!

 

Very nice... I've got the headlights done, but still need to do the grille surround.

How much paint did you use? Was one can enough?

 

Hey one more question, was one can enough for yah, how much was left over?