Painted my 03's Grille!

Tungsten · March 28, 2005

I painted my grille and bought a billet bowtie. Let me know what ya think....

BBSilverado · March 28, 2005

Looks great, I was thinking of getting the bumper cap and lower valance painted also.

curly · March 28, 2005

I never really was a fan of the new grill on the Chevy's (guess I'm partial to GMC ) but the painted grill on your truck has made me change my mind. Look great!! Good work!!

Truckman031 · March 28, 2005

That truck looks great with the painted grille. I've always like the Tahoe Z71s for that reason. The billet bowtie also looks good .

critter · March 28, 2005

GREAT JOB!

silverado19 · March 28, 2005

NIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIICCCCCCEEEE!!!!

Superman TNT · March 28, 2005

I painted my grille and bought a billet bowtie. Let me know what ya think....

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Nice touch. I am having that done on my 04 chevy too as well as having the cap and lower valance painted to match. I really wanted the entire fron black. I have the same truck as BBSilverado except extended cab. When you painted the grill did you scuff up the chrome on it first.

antig24 · March 29, 2005

Looks great

Bgdsub72 · March 29, 2005

looks good, I am going to get mine done too for my SSHD conversion. Just out of curiousity...how much did that set you back?

Tungsten · March 29, 2005

I painted it myself, So it was not that much.

As for scuffing the chrome.... I D/A sanded it.

I am thinking about getting a SS bumper for my truck, Not sure yet.....

weletchw · March 29, 2005

That looks really really sharp. If you dont mind, could you give us a quick rundown of the process for painting it. Also, what kind of paint did you use. That is probably one of the best looking mods I have seen, amazing what those little touches can do!

Tungsten · March 29, 2005

That looks really really sharp. If you dont mind, could you give us a quick rundown of the process for painting it. Also, what kind of paint did you use. That is probably one of the best looking mods I have seen, amazing what those little touches can do!

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I just D/A sanded it, Then I used this Duplicolor touch up paint that I got at pep boys. Its an exact color match. I put about 2 color coats and 4 clear coats on it.

It should hold up just fine, I did my rear tail gate handle the same way about a year ago and it still looks as good as day one.

weletchw · March 29, 2005

What do you mean by D/A?

So you like the way the tailgate handle turned out? Im thinking about doing my door handles too, but I want them to match perfectly.

You can disregard the PM, evidently you check the picture post more than I do!

Thanks!

Tungsten · March 29, 2005

What do you mean by D/A?

So you like the way the tailgate handle turned out? Im thinking about doing my door handles too, but I want them to match perfectly.

You can disregard the PM, evidently you check the picture post more than I do!

Thanks!

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D/A is dual action, its a type of sander. I bought my handles from GM, They are the escalade handles. I'll try and get a pic of the tailgate handle up tomorrow.