Painted My Grille

[Jake]

I was bored this last weekend and decided to dress up my truck a bit. I didn't like the crappy gray color on the inner part of the grille so i painted it to match my truck. The difference is pretty subtle, but people that know these trucks would notice the difference. Its hard to tell from the pics but my truck is black. First one looks white








What do you guys think? I like it.

[cotton]

Looks really good imo. Was considering doing the same to mine (grey though), but I was planning on painting everything except the blue oval. After seeing yours, I may just paint the same areas and leave the chrome alone.

[Anthony2447]

looks sweet man

[Jake]

now i just need to paint the lower plastic piece of the bumper. Whats that called, the air dam?

[Anthony2447]

yeah but thats gona be alot of sanding on that thing..unless you can just prime and paint

[somebodyelse5]

looks really good! Im planning on doing something along those lines. Any advice?

[!!!PainTrain!!!]

Lookin real good!

[Patrick]

My 01 had the chrome cross bars. I actually taped all the chrome off and painted the inner black part. It just makes the truck look new again. Nice job!

[Jake]

Originally Posted by somebodyelse5

looks really good! Im planning on doing something along those lines. Any advice?

Take your time when you mask it off, the curves are kind of a pain. Lightly sand it, clean it, make sure there is no dust or water on it. Prime then paint. Spray the paint in real thin layers to prevent runs. Peel the tape straight back, not up. You want the back sides of the tape touching or almost touching as you peel it back. Then your done.

[Rob]

That looks real nice! you did a real good job!