Just painted stock grill
01-17-05, 05:23 PM
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Just painted stock grill
painted the factory grill flat black, also touched up the areas around the silver lexus emblem. Looks a lot better then my chipped half black half chrome grill.
For those DIY'ers, i prepped the grill with a degreaser (natural orange and then some brake cleaner) lightly sanded it (2000 grit) and sprayed 4 coats of black primer i bought from the local kragen. I'll try to get a better pic tomorrow.
01-17-05, 05:45 PM
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i dunno man....why not just DIY chrome it??
01-17-05, 07:33 PM
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im not big on chrome
i like how it came out though, not quite as flashy as an aftermarket grill, but for me it works heh
01-17-05, 08:22 PM
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Nice...
01-17-05, 08:24 PM
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From that pic it looks good on your black GS. But please post up some better pics
01-17-05, 08:33 PM
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ill take a better pic tomorrow, the headlights are next just gotta figure out how.
01-17-05, 08:46 PM
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theres a write-up on it, do a search
01-17-05, 10:29 PM
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I guess it look decent....but it would only pass on a black gs imo
01-17-05, 10:40 PM
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D-Man did his and i think its great.
01-17-05, 11:18 PM
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that looks AWESOME!
i really like that look. it emphasizes the chrome logo so much better.
01-17-05, 11:18 PM
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yeah i saw his pic and thought "wow, that looks nice".
I agree, any other color it wouldn't work but luckily mine's black
01-17-05, 11:24 PM
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black-out is the way to go..nice job
01-17-05, 11:34 PM
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Looks great.. much better then chrome on a black car.
01-18-05, 02:22 AM
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nice! on black cars i actaully think all black out grille looks pretty cool. i also saw all blacked out grille on old member dex's blue gs4, love that too
01-18-05, 06:25 AM
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a couple guys have done that, i actually like it. but dude get us a better pic than that .
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01-17-05, 05:23 PM
Just painted stock grill
i like how it came out though, not quite as flashy as an aftermarket grill, but for me it works heh
