Black RS Grille?

[SaMk2]

Pondering through people's progress threads, I see alot of people with RS Grille's that look darker than my standard one.
Apart from C4 Trim restorer, is it fairly common for people to have their grille sprayed?

 

[Pedro19]

Mine's faded too, I'm going to get some satin black paint to restore it.

 

[Eddie.]

I sprayed mine satin black with some Plastikote spray paint.

Came up well:

DSC09966 by Eddie the Kid, on Flickr

DSC09981 by Eddie the Kid, on Flickr

DSC09978 by Eddie the Kid, on Flickr

 

[SaMk2]

I sprayed mine satin black with some Plastikote spray paint.

Came up well:

That looks mint. What did you sand it down with?

 

[Eddie.]

Didn't bother.

G101 (all purpose cleaner) to make sure it was 100% clean.

Dried it.

Sprayed it, 2 coats, then 2 coats of FK1000p (just a sealant to allow the dirt to run off it better)

 

[SaMk2]

Here's a bombardment of questions:

How long have you had it sprayed? and has it faded at all yet?

Can you link me to or let me know where I can buy it?

 

[Eddie.]

How long have you had it sprayed?

About a month or so.

has it faded at all yet?

Nope, not even slightly, and it has had awful rain and the recent heatwave, still looks great.

Can you link me to or let me know where I can buy it?

Plastikote Satin Black

I got mine from B&Q:

http://www.diy.com/nav/decor/paint/...ti-kote-Super-Spray-Satin-Black-400ml-9254007

 

[SaMk2]

One more ;

The sealant? Where can I get my hands on that?

 

[Eddie.]

The sealant? Where can I get my hands on that?

FK1000p

Any good car detailing place.

Clean Your Car is the first I thought of online:

http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/sealants/finishkare-1000p-hi-temp-sealant/prod_589.html

Tbh, the sealant isn't 100% needed, I'm pretty nerdy about car cleaning, and keeping it clean.

For just doing the grille, it would probably be overkill to buy a tin of it, imho.

 

[SaMk2]

Oh right fair play, I'll go about purchasing some of that paint then and get on it tonight.


Thanks a lot for your help.

 

[Eddie.]

No worries mate,

Let me know how you get on

 

[SaMk2]

Ill post it in this very thread, oh and did you only use the one can of 400ml?

 

[Eddie.]

Didn't even use all of it, suppose you could do, but I was happy with the finish after 2 coats, which was probably 2/3 of the can.

 

[SaMk2]

Sorry for more questions but how long did you leave it to cure?

 

[Eddie.]

First coat, about 2 hours.

Second coat about 24 hours to harden completely.

 

[SaMk2]

Took me a while, I went to three different B&Q's and all three of them were out of satin black. Found out Hobbycraft sells bucket loads of the stuff.

Not as noticeable as yours, though I really quite like it subtlety.

 

[Eddie.]

Great work mate, looks brilliant!

 

[JackJack]

Like the blue diamond. Grille looks tidy.

 

[SaMk2]

Great work mate, looks brilliant!

Thanks a lot, and thanks again for the info.

Like the blue diamond. Grille looks tidy.

Thanks a lot man, one of a few people who actually like the colour haha

 

[dubby]

This thread helped me out alot and saved me asking the same questions! I'm definitely going to do the same thing!

 

[RSR182]

Wait... The grille isn't supposed to be an anthracite colour?! Matches my cup alloys I guess...

 

[Elfy]

just done my grill with the plasti kote stuff! has come up very well.

Just about to go out and fit it, just hope i don't scratch it while putting it back as i took it off with the bumper still on!

 

[SaMk2]

Just about to go out and fit it, just hope i don't scratch it while putting it back as i took it off with the bumper still on!

Mine was a bit of trouble, I didn't take the bumper off either, it's just leaving it to cure overnight I found it had warped somewhat.

 

[Elfy]

Took the bumper off in the end was so much easier and 6 bolts it doesn't take long!

 

[Knuckles]

I may look into this if trim restorer won't fix it... Mk3 grills are shite!

 

[Josh-197]

My mk3 rs grill has gone a grey couler there toss lol I was going to have mine sprayed at a cost of £40 but thinking of doing it my self now

 

[Bux]

I may look into this if trim restorer won't fix it... Mk3 grills are s**te!

I'm thinking the same thing, would save a lot of time and effort going over it with trim restorer every month or so

 

[Hunty2009]

didnt even think of doing this to my clio but after looking at the results i think i might try this tonight