Painting grilles.. gloss or matt black?

[Curley]

I know Jack_davey done his in a gloss black which looks good against his black 182 but im thinking it may stick out too much on my arctic blue.

Has anyone done theirs in a matt black or anything?

What do people think?

 

[jack_davey]

cheers mate! I think gloss black would look alright against arctic!

 

[mickstoke]

done mine graphite grey (gloss laquer)

 

[Kerryclio]

^^^ that looks awesome :approve:

 

[Jat_172cup]

Done mine in matt black mate, looks so much better then the crappy blue-y colour you get standard. Ill try get some pics up later

 

[Curtis!]

Did you sand down the entire surface of the grill? Surely that would have took awhile.

 

[iimushroomzii]

Matt black would look the best

 

[Gally]

I would like to see these gloss black grilles please

 

[fUbAr]

done mine graphite grey (gloss laquer)

I can honestly say I don't see any difference to standard?

 

[Greeny.]

Just leave them lol?

 

[Johnpacey1]

I sprayed mine Renault Pearlescent Black. Thats a pretty good colour. Stones will probably chip it off though.

 

[mickstoke]

Did you sand down the entire surface of the grill? Surely that would have took awhile.

just rubbing it all down with a grey scotch pad and a quick coat of plastic promoter before painting

 

[How15]

i did my grill, scuttle panel and mirror surrounds matt black last summer. this year they need doin again so i'm gonna do em properly with gloss and lacquer so i can polish with the rest of the car. matt just doesn't last long enough.

 

[mickstoke]

i did my grill, scuttle panel and mirror surrounds matt black last summer. this year they need doin again so i'm gonna do em properly with gloss and lacquer so i can polish with the rest of the car. matt just doesn't last long enough.

done all this myself, done all grilles, rear wiper and trim, rear bumper trim, scuttle and badges all in gloss

 

[Curley]

Done mine in matt black mate, looks so much better then the crappy blue-y colour you get standard. Ill try get some pics up later

Can you get some pics up please?

Just leave them lol?

could do but they will look 100x better painted, check jack daveys car and you'll do it too!

 

[richy22]

Satin Black would be better IMO..thats what im going to do all my plastic bits with.

 

[Curley]

done all this myself, done all grilles, rear wiper and trim, rear bumper trim, scuttle and badges all in gloss

Your bottom grille and fog surrounds dont look painte in your picture, did you do these after?

 

[Curley]

Satin Black would be better IMO..thats what im going to do all my plastic bits with.

I was thinking gloss would be too in your face and look tackey against blue, im going to wait for some more pictures

 

[richy22]

I did the fog surrounds last night and they came out well...havent put them on yet though

http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?t=442735

 

[Curley]

I did the fog surrounds last night and they came out well...havent put them on yet though

http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?t=442735

Are you going to lacquer these or leave them as they are?

At least they wont look different compared to the other plastics around the car i.e mirror base etc

 

[richy22]

Nope just going to leave them satin black..no need to lacquer it. I was going to get my mirrors off tonight and do them but I cant be fucked if im honest!

Il maybe do it tomorrow!

 

[mickstoke]

Your bottom grille and fog surrounds dont look painte in your picture, did you do these after?

better pics

 

[richy22]

Whats a grey scoth pad

I need one

 

[How15]

lol, it's like a pan scrubber! it makes a surface slightly more abrasive so paint adheres better. halfords? or a car paint supplier?

 

[richy22]

http://www.autopaint-pro.co.uk/box-20-ultra-fine-grey-152mm-x-229mm-pads-76-p.asp

Them things??