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Old Jan 31, 2011 | 06:49 PM
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Painted Platinum Grill

A couple weeks ago I asked for some photoshop help and I went against the majority of opinions and painted the egg crate portion yesterday.

The before:



And the after:



 
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Old Jan 31, 2011 | 06:58 PM
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Looks good! I like them both.

Where are your chrome front tow hooks?
 
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Old Jan 31, 2011 | 07:02 PM
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I think it looks good.
 
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Old Jan 31, 2011 | 07:32 PM
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Looks good! I like them both.

Where are your chrome front tow hooks?
Us 2WD guys don't have cool things like that!
 
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Old Jan 31, 2011 | 07:39 PM
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I think it looks good too. What kind of paint did you use?
 
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Old Jan 31, 2011 | 08:13 PM
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Paint is Valspar Satin Black from Lowes (rattle can). I ended up actually painted with the grill still on the truck. I didn't figure out how to get the top portion of the grill loose ( I thought I had all the attaching bolts and nuts loose but it was still tight along the top edge and I wasn't about to break the dumb thing) Just took a lot of time masking.
 
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Old Jan 31, 2011 | 08:23 PM
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Well it sure paid off! Good job!
 
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Old Jan 31, 2011 | 08:44 PM
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Nice! It's a subtle difference but it sets it apart from other platinums. Good job, and nice house
 
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Old Jan 31, 2011 | 08:51 PM
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Nice looks alot better.
 
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Old Jan 31, 2011 | 09:12 PM
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That looks great! I like it better painted.
 
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Old Jan 31, 2011 | 09:15 PM
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Looks great!
 
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Old Jan 31, 2011 | 09:30 PM
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Looks good! You should tackle the orange side mirror reflector next.
 
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Old Jan 31, 2011 | 10:40 PM
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Us 2WD guys don't have cool things like that!
That's alright, 4WD is a waste of money where you live anyway, you probably get better gas and better performance for the trade off!
 
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Old Feb 1, 2011 | 06:17 AM
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Looks good! You should tackle the orange side mirror reflector next.
I am fixin' to do that when I decide which way to do turn signal or turn signal/running light mod. I really would like to turn them into running lights as well as turn signals. I am just not sure about tearing the door panels off to run the wires.
 
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Old Feb 1, 2011 | 06:55 AM
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I like it too. Makes it look entirely different from any others. I would swap the chrome mirror caps to painted ones so you have nice little touches of chrome. But that's my thoughts.
 
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