Painting Plastic Front Grill

[Musky]

Hey guys,

I thought it was about time i painted my grill as it is black on a white car and looks quite odd . As time goes by it seems i'd much rather be a DIY person than get someone to do it for me, so im just wondering if someone could give me a bit of an idea of what materials will be needed to do it.

I have a couple of cans of primer that i used to spray my wheels, but im thinking i'll be needing plastic primer is that correct?

Also, is there any difference to spraying plastic and fibreglass? I also have a GTR style grill in white gel coat that im thinking i might have a crack at too.

Thanks for any info peeps

Musky

[SLYNE]

You'll need to have the following items..

Plastic primer

Sandpaper - Wet and Dry 800 grit or higher

Wax and grease remover

White Paint (pressure pack) quick dry enamel - go to autobarn and they can mix paint into pressure pack form (can)

Ive posted a 10 point step by step if you can find it have a read

if not...

1. Wash/wipe with wax + grease remover (prepwash)

2. Spray a nice coat of plastic primer (10 min drying time)

3. If need be give rub down with wet and dry

4. Repeat step 1.

5. Spray Mist coat of paint, wait few minutes and spray again.

6. 15 min drying time.

[Craved]

dont need plasti prime unless you expect the part to flex from my experience

[Xicon]

If the plastic grille has not been painted before it will need plastic primer if not the paint will peel off for sure .

Also good idea to scuff the plastic with a fine sand paper or the like before plastic primer .

Fibreglass grille will more than likely need some work as they all end up with small holes and the like that need filling .

The plastic one will be easier unless the fibre glass one is perfect .

Apart from that the above directions will do the job .

[mad082]

something i did with mine was make it black in the top 2 bars then white along the bottom and sides, so at a distance it looked like a s2 grill. it looked pretty good, and better than spending stupid amounts trying to buy an s2 grill.