I'm curious...
Anyone painted their plastic OEM grill the same color as their vehicle...
I know rock chips and blah blah blah
Just wondering if it's been done and any comments on how it's worked out for them???

 

Wow i painted mine a LONG time ago before i went FI.... let me see if i can find a picture of it for you, and then i will update. however my car was silver so it would looks like anyother grill out there...

 

I wouldnt, when i get my z, im gonna rip that grill out and then im gonna make a intercooler with photoshop and glue it on my bumper.

 

thanks I'd appreciate that - just curious what it would look like
I have the PPW and thought it may look nice as I cant find a front bumper to my liking...
Did you have problems with it chipping when it was on??

I had a Hummer SUT and I had a body shop paint the plastic gloss black instead of the matte black and after about a year it did begin chipping...

Did you have those issues - or didn't you have it on the car long enough to tell??

 

 

[QUOTE=Soccerprep205]Wow i painted mine a LONG time ago before i went FI.... let me see if i can find a picture of it for you, and then i will update. however my car was silver so it would looks like anyother grill out there...



is that entire grill painted?? like taken off, sprayed, put back on?? hard to tell with the snow...
but the snow is a good reference as I live in MN!!!!!

 

[QUOTE=04roadZter]1. Too long ago i do not remember (rock chips, sorry)
2. I took the entire bumper off and taped everything off, i only painted the horizontal plastic parts. I just didn't want a chrome grill.
3. The black plastic OEM grill can not be removed. it is stuck on the bumper (to the best of my knowledge.) but i didn't try THAT hard, let me know what you decide to do.
4. as for PPW i think you better strongly concider a color match. but i dont know because the black gives it more features and it will not be as boring in front...

 

I'll play with it on photoshop maybe...
yeah - i'd get the ppw from the dealer if i did decide to paint...

any other advice would be great!!!

 

looks like crap

 

i painted mine, and it looks 100% better IMO. then again, my car is black so you cant tell from far. i've seend a red Z on here that painted there's black also. it looked good, better than that crap plastic flat black.

i'm lookin to paint the mirror bases now

 

i painted my PPW 06 bumper grill in black, along with the inner most part of bumper in black. as well as adding mesh and fog lights. looks like a whole new bumper now.