Paint your stock grill vs. buying new one?

[AnthonyC]

So glad this topic came up. I was thinking of painting the grill myself, but the option to get a second grill cheap is great too.

I'm thinking of a flat charcoal black.

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[STEELCITYDJ87]

Finished the grill. Keep the bezels oem color as I like the contrast between black and charcoal. Adds some dimension.

you need to disassemble the entire grill to strip it down just that center section. Took about 20 mins to disassemble. 10 mins to reassemble.

6 coats of plastidip.

you DEFINITELY need a trim tool otherwise you run the risk of damaging the clips on inserts. There are these retention clips on back of grill holding in the inserts. You will need a trim tool to lift and shift the retaining pressure clips.

 

[UseThe4orce]

Looks great. How was the whole disassembly of the grill?

 

[STEELCITYDJ87]

Looks great. How was the whole disassembly of the grill?

It was not that hard with the right tools and work surface. I have done full resto builds of cars before so not that difficult for me. There was a YouTube video of somebody disassembling a JL grill that i watched but the JL grille is slightly
different. The hardest part was the little plastic notch clips that are not intuitive of how to remove. That is where the trim tool comes in to help.

 

[Puttyandnapalm]

I don’t like the silver with the overland, plus the boredom of quarantine, I played around a bit over the past couple days with some plastidip. black metallic for grill and gunmetal grey with a blue pearl on the underneath grill and the bumper inserts. I went ahead and did the trail rated badges and tailgate symbol as well

 

[UseThe4orce]

Im going to hit my silver bumper inserts with white and glossifier as soon as I get a day without gale force winds and rain.

 

[Jim smith]

Took the grill apart and painted it

 

[UseThe4orce]

Looks great!
Screw the driveway though huh? Lol.
some old lady gonna have a heart attack when she sees that beast in the rearview.

 

[Treeps]

I don’t like the silver with the overland, plus the boredom of quarantine, I played around a bit over the past couple days with some plastidip. black metallic for grill and gunmetal grey with a blue pearl on the underneath grill and the bumper inserts. I went ahead and did the trail rated badges and tailgate symbol as well

Looks good? How did you dip the bumper inserts? Did you tape them off or remove them?

 

[Puttyandnapalm]

Looks good? How did you dip the bumper inserts? Did you tape them off or remove them?

I removed them. Not too much effort, there’s a thread over in the DIY section. i might give it another go with a deeper blue

 

[UseThe4orce]

had some time after my virtual work shift.
a little tape n drape and some dip. I may peel it off the hooks, not sure yet.

 

[Jim smith]

Looks great!
Screw the driveway though huh? Lol.
some old lady gonna have a heart attack when she sees that beast in the rearview.

Yup, That was from a project on my JK. Looking to replace the driveway this summer. So i didn’t and still don’t care. Lol

 

[Puttyandnapalm]

I don’t like the silver with the overland, plus the boredom of quarantine, I played around a bit over the past couple days with some plastidip. black metallic for grill and gunmetal grey with a blue pearl on the underneath grill and the bumper inserts. I went ahead and did the trail rated badges and tailgate symbol as well

Couple better pics

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