as anyone painted their stock 99-00 grilles? i was going to do a harley grille on my silver L. but i am thinking hard about powder coating my 03 rims black. i think my stock 00 grille would look good painted black to match the wheels.

 

I just did it on the 99 and now I'll prob do it on the 00 when the weather breaks, it came out awesome imo....

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It takes a lot longer to tape it off and it's a little bitchy getting something behind the grills (so you dont paint the radiators/heat exchanger/cooler)
BUT it comes out awesome, I used that Fussion Paint thats made specially for plastic

 

man that looks alot better. thanks rob.

 

I painted my stock 99 grilles black OEM but i totalled the truck a couple weeks later in teh rain on some damned toyo's going just 35mph. I don't think I got any pics, but color matching the grilles really looked good.

 

Painted my grills black with SEM Landau black. Its made for plastics. I have used it on all my plastic trim, except for the mirrors. It looks alot better all black, than some gray and black.

 

HI!... Not to ask a stupid question, but why in the hell would you paint those grills on the truck???? It takes like 10 minutes to get those grills off. It would of takin you longer to tape everything up, then it would to remove them and paint them properly. JMO.

 

Check my gallery. I pulled mine off and have my bud professionally shoot them. Properly primed for plastic, and several coats of matching paint code black. Came out mint!!!!!

 

Neal please let me in on the secrete on how the @&$# you get them off ???
I had mine up on V's lift and that was my intention till I saw the screws that are impossible to get to (or so I thought ???)
Please do tell cause I need to do it on this one now...