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has anyone color-coded their oem from grille?

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Old 05-14-07, 12:02 AM
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Default has anyone color-coded their oem from grille?

Was always a fan of ONE color.

Can you post pics if you've done it?
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I hope youre not talking about the whole thing and just the chrome outside part.
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if this is what your talking bout then yeah i have lol.
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Here is my 07 starfire pearl w/ painted chrome mldg. Ive been tempted to either black out the L emblem or even paint it the same color as the car.

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how much did it cost you to paint the grill molding?
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i work at a bodyshop as an estimator so i got the work done for free. I actually purchased a 2nd chrome grille piece from Lexus and painted that one. If you just wanted your original piece painted, it would probably be between 75-100 dollars.
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Originally Posted by Turkf26
Here is my 07 starfire pearl w/ painted chrome mldg. Ive been tempted to either black out the L emblem or even paint it the same color as the car.
That looks really good... can you post more photos of it?
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heres a couple more pics from different angles.



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That looks really good, but I want the middle of it with the mesh.
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now if someone would do this on an SGM so i could see.. hehe
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I wanted to do this with mine but i dont know what it wold look like. i want to find someone that can maybe do it in black chrome.....
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looks really good on starfire pearl
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Yes i meant the whole lot.

As already depicted in the white, doing the chrome only is already added niceness...

I think there is too much stripes in the grille, maybe color-code only every second scripe?
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I think color coding the chrome looks nice-n-clean but I'd have to see pics of the every other painted grill thing???
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How much did it cost you to buy the chrome piece?


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