Painting grill

rt_power · **Posted:** Tue Aug 09, 2011 11:35 am

Anyone ever attempted to paint there stock chrome grill?? im really hating the chrome look on my 08kk and wondering if any one has had much luck making something stick to the OEM grill. im thinking just body color and then if i have much success i will line-x the door moldings and rest of the chrome pieces. any tips or suggestions would be great

surfRenegade · **Posted:** Tue Aug 09, 2011 3:24 pm

Didnt do it to my jeep because it was already painted, but did it to a chrome Maxima grill back in the day and it stuck just fine. Sand it like normal to rough it up a little and get rid of the chrome then paint and clear...should be fine

iMTB · **Joined:** Mon Jan 24, 2011 4:27 pm **Posts:** 273

Mines color matched, but I have painted the chrome grill emblems on my gti and mustang. They did fine.

KJ_WHEELER_2010 · **Posted:** Fri Aug 19, 2011 2:46 pm

I took mine off and painted it. It was about a day long project. After removing it, I got really fine sandpaper and sanded the doo doo outta it. Then sprayed it with addesive spray to help the paint stick. Then I sprayed it gloss black. When it was all said and done I hit it with a few coats of clearcoat and called it a day. Seems to be holding up. I wax the crap outta the Jeep and it seems fine.

Vranes17 · **Posted:** Sun Aug 28, 2011 6:51 pm

Recently just painted the whole piece that goes with the grill, (around the headlights and etc) a flat black

jaarr76 · **Joined:** Mon Oct 18, 2010 4:16 pm **Posts:** 37

Pics please

Vranes17 · **Posted:** Mon Aug 29, 2011 6:42 pm

I think it would look better if my bumper paint wasnt chipped to doo doo from all the wheeling.

KJ_WHEELER_2010 · **Posted:** Mon Aug 29, 2011 10:50 pm

Looks really good. I like it. Did you just spray it down or what? I wonder sometimes what the longterm is gonna look like on mine. I'm afraid mines gonna start chipping or peeling.

liquidxit2 · **Posted:** Tue Aug 30, 2011 6:10 am

Very nice! I'm going to bedline mine one day. Just need to get off my tail and do it...

CoopaTroopa · **Posted:** Tue Aug 30, 2011 7:08 am

Vranes17 wrote:

I think it would look better if my bumper paint wasnt chipped to doo doo from all the wheeling.

That looks really good! Is it just flat black? Any clear coat? Probably going to do this when I'm making my new bumper. :JEEPIN:

ramlebliberty · **Posted:** Tue Aug 30, 2011 4:15 pm

CoopaTroopa wrote:

That looks really good! Is it just flat black? Any clear coat? Probably going to do this when I'm making my new bumper. :JEEPIN:

Clear coat over Flat paint will make it no longer "flat paint" It will give it gloss. Unless you have it professionally done and they add a flattening agent in the clear coat. Thats what I've been taught/told, never seen it done though.

CoopaTroopa · **Posted:** Tue Aug 30, 2011 5:50 pm

ramlebliberty wrote:

CoopaTroopa wrote:

That looks really good! Is it just flat black? Any clear coat? Probably going to do this when I'm making my new bumper. :JEEPIN:

Clear coat over Flat paint will make it no longer "flat paint" It will give it gloss. Unless you have it professionally done and they add a flattening agent in the clear coat. Thats what I've been taught/told, never seen it done though.

Thats what I figured. Just couldnt really tell if that was light shining on the grill or ir being a tad glossy

Vranes17 · **Posted:** Tue Aug 30, 2011 5:52 pm

Thanks, its just a bedliner, rustoleum brand actually. I just sprayed it down, couple coats. Paint took to it well.

CoopaTroopa · **Posted:** Tue Aug 30, 2011 5:54 pm

Vranes17 wrote:

Thanks, its just a bedliner, rustoleum brand actually. I just sprayed it down, couple coats. Paint took to it well.

really?? I would have never guessed that was bedliner! I believe I used the dupli color on my belt line, looks like mine has a little bit more texture but it might just be the picture.

Vranes17 · **Posted:** Tue Aug 30, 2011 6:00 pm

yeah, it has very small whatever they put in bed liner so it has a nice looked, put it on my skink sliders as well

irollgen4s · **Posted:** Tue Aug 30, 2011 6:05 pm

going to do this when i tear apart the front end to trim the front bumper... might do it to the side chrome pieces if i could figure out how to get them off

Boomerang · **Joined:** Tue Jul 26, 2011 7:46 pm **Posts:** 184

Thanks for posting all this. I have a silver KJ and apparently at some point before I bough it the fropnt grill was replaced with a red one, painted silver. Unfortunately rocks and what not are quickly chipping the crappy silver paint job hey did off and showing a beautiful glowing red paint underneath... I decided I'll likely go this route exactly. Probably even the same bedliner.

Vranes17 · **Posted:** Fri Sep 02, 2011 8:17 pm

ive seen people do it to their silver jeeps, looks awesome

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