Have searched the topic, but not sure to do with my specific grill so seeing if anyone has any advice.

Its a vertical billet grill, with the front unpainted metal and the rest of the grill black. I want the whole grill black, but not sure if i should just sand/clean the top and go just black. Or if I should do some type of primer before.

If anyone has any how to links, or some advice let me know

thanks

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if i was to paint my grille i would sand it with 1000 grit, spray some primer, wait til it fully dries, the hit it with 4 light coats of black paint coats and wait til it dries between each coat, and then let it fully dry, if you want to add clear coat lightly wet sand the black paint with 2000 grit and do around 3 to 4 not to light not too thick coats of clear, and if you want the clear to have a mirror finish you can lighty wet sand 2000 grit between each clear coat and for the last coat let it fully dry and wet sand with 2000 grit and use polish and a buffer. for the clear i would buy the best clear coat ,

 

You could powdercoat it. That's what I was planning on doing to mine along with some other parts.

 

Me personally, I'd do what dsouthtexas says, minus the clear coat. Scuff up as much as you can with 1000 grit, hit with some good primer and spray a dullish coat of black. Mu favorite paint is SEM Trim Black. It basically matches any black on your truck perfectly, like your antenna for example. I love the durability of it, and the fact it's very forgiving. Shiney black is to me hard to get right, gloss black I mean, and this trim black lays down very easily and evenly. Put it this way, it's hard to screw it up! After letting it sit, put it back on. That would look nice in my opinion. I'd like to see pics when you do do this, which ever route or sheen you go!

 

I used Plasti Dip spray cans in black on my billet grills and also my street bars. You just need to clean and spray. If you don't like the look any more just peel it off. It's pretty durable stuff. Just spray on several coats.

It's more of a textured matte look so if you want a smooth glossy look you'll need to paint for powdercoat.

Here's my truck.

 

^^^ sweet truck

 

yeah tarpon screw is right powder coat them, powder coating is actually really cheap and it lasts a lot longer, only downside to powder coating is you have to clean the powdercoat every time it gets a small amount of mud or dirt on it because in a week it will be much tougher to clean. But go for powercoating its really the best way to go if its a part thats going to be getting some rough use out of it like your grille