Painted my grill today...

Just spoke with someone at a local paint shop and he said enamel paints should get acrylic enamel clear and lacquer paints should get acrylic lacquer clear. This is done because of the chemical bonds that each type of paint has. Paints bond better with the same bases. I have sanded the grille down again and repainting it as we speak and will apply acrylic enamel clear later on. Its going to be 101 degrees here today so I have been painting and moving the grille indoors in the a/c to set up.

 

Great thread. I've been thinking about doing this too and then put my grillcraft in.

 

Hey Noe, its Manny (2nd generation Mag Grey Taco @ Main Divide This Weekend). Im in the process of getting all my stuff together to paint my grille like this put I cant find the acrylic enamel. Ive checked home depot & 3 autozones and no one has it. Which autozone did you get yours at?

 

thats a decent lookin truck you got there Manny

 

did you repaint it with the same paint you bought off ebay?

 

thanks. It'd be a lot better if I had a grillcraft and a color matched grille =P. Im about to start sanding right now and Im just waiting for my paint to come in later this week. Ill probably get my grillcraft in a month or two. Hows install on them? (grillcraft) You have to use a dremel to cut the center out right?

 

I got mine at the Autozone near Brookhurst & Lincoln (the 24hr autozone)

yea, same supplier...different can.....

The paint not matching up kept buggin me though...i ended up buying paint off of automotivetouchup.com for about $25/can.... I'm defnitely gonna repaint it w/ the new paint....I've been busy/lazy...

 

i wouldnt know...i took a dremel to my whole grill haha

so the ebay paint was a no go? didnt match too well?

 

truck looks great man

 

In my case, the paint definitely did not match to my liking....

Others have told me its not that bad, but you know how it is...

When it's your truck every little thing stands out to you..
Im gonna give the automotivetouchup.com paint a try, im hoping a better match with this...We'll see....
I'll keep you guys updated

 

great write up. i just wanted to trade straight up chrome for stock black. mine is red i guess ill just wait to paint. thanks again for the detailed write up

 

awesome..i cant believe you did that with spray paint.

 

Hey did you paint your grille again yet with the new paint from the different store?

 

I just painted my magnetic grey the other day and just took a picture through my front window. What do you think?

 

looks awesome from 10 feet

haha! I'm kidding, looks awesome

 

Is it a better match than the ebay stuff? Have you repainted?

Did you use the one from Ebay or did you order it from elsewhere? Looks real good and I'm doing the same color.

 

looks great! did you do all this in one day?

 

+1 rep dude! Looks awesome. Would this method work for the chrome rear bumpers too? I've been trying to look for someone to trade my chrome bumper for a MGM bumper, but no luck. Anyway, I'll try this on my chrome grille too. Great write up and awesome results!

 

nice job!

 

what brand push bar is on that ? im looking for one just like that