Shibumi1

abs plastic w some zip kicker (modeling glue with accelerator) then aluminum strips underneath for strength.. molded in with kitty hair (aka duraglas bondo/fiberglass mix)

roadfrog

Thanks Shibumi

WhitBaby

Still mousing around with grill options. I'll probably go with one of these two. The red car doesn't really lend itself to look as good as Roadfrog's black. I wanted black or white but wifey wanted red...so we got red.

1Putt

2nd is my vote

Tee

Here's a pic of my grill from last summer photoshoot.

roadfrog

Yeah TEE, that looks great!

The beauty of the Plastidip is that any modification is easily changed/removed.

I'm intrigued by the ide of blacking out the circle around the "L". I may give it a go and see. Then, if I don't like it, I'll peel it off.

scottkroug

^^^^ agreed that looks real good

WhitBaby

How do you get the '08 grill out???

I removed the bolt and about 8 clips, but it still seems anchored along the bottom somehow.

Shibumi1

Chk my thread on the nike light swap.. I know I posted pics..



https://www.clublexus.com/forums/ls4...lb-swap-2.html

krypto89

if you took out all the plastic bolts, it might be just one of the clips running along the sides and the bottom that might be still holding the grille on. sometimes when you un-clip one, the others you took off might re-clip back. just continuously make sure all the clips are undone and shimmy it back and forth and it should come off...

WhitBaby

Thanks guys and found shibumi1's pics.
I guess I'll just have to 'finesse' it a little firmer. I couldn't get any feeling of retention from the 5 tabs. I thought they were just indexing/positioning tabs for installation.

(Later): OK, GOT IT, thanks again!!

(Later, later)
Was going to separate the inner grill from surround, but looked like there were ten more tabs locking it on. Decided not to push my luck and just removed the whole grill and masked everything. 1st coat drying now.

WhitBaby

That's kinda what I ran into trying to separate the inner grill from the surround.
I suppose I could have used ten shims to keep the latches from relatching as I moved from one to another, but wussed out and masked it.

Fourth coat drying now.

roadfrog

That's the beauty of Plastidip. You don't really need to remove the center OR even be too careful masking. I found my center came out super-easy, but whatevs....

CJITTY

I popped my grill out to spray it and at least a year later..it looks the same. I love that plastidip

1Putt

+1, although a much smaller area, plastidip held up extremely well on the kidney grills of my previous BMW E39 540 and the 540i emblem on the trunk lid