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Old Jun 30, 2003 | 02:21 PM
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The "L" badge is a pop out piece; kinda hard to make it disappear.

I did think about blacking it out, but I'm not that brave yet!

Well the flat black will be sticking to the primer. I primered the SHIZ out of it!!!
If it does chip, I'll just recoat it.

BTW-SoCal, Do you have any pics of your ride? The setup sounds killer!

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Old Jun 30, 2003 | 05:53 PM
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Those grills look cool... this trend could spawn a new Star Wars movie... Attack of the Vader Grills! Well, OK, maybe thats a bit of a stretch...

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Old Jul 2, 2003 | 04:22 PM
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Looks nice, another mod that one can do cheaply and fast!
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Old Jul 2, 2003 | 04:26 PM
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You didn't have to sand the primered coat any did you? I'm going to have to do this now for the hell of it! Got an old chrome grill sitting around waiting to get VADERIZED :P

BTW -- You need to come down to AU again so we can take some pics!
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Old Jul 2, 2003 | 04:53 PM
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I decided to make my "L" badge go away- last night I painted it charcoal to match the OE grille.

This will work for now... four weeks and counting for the arrival of my TRD Japan C/F grille!
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Old Jul 2, 2003 | 05:26 PM
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Originally posted by SoCalSC4
I decided to make my "L" badge go away- last night I painted it charcoal to match the OE grille.
What kind of paint did you use?
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Old Jul 2, 2003 | 07:32 PM
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HOw did you black out the grill?
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Old Jul 2, 2003 | 07:36 PM
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Originally posted by brendanlim
You didn't have to sand the primered coat any did you? I'm going to have to do this now for the hell of it! Got an old chrome grill sitting around waiting to get VADERIZED :P

BTW -- You need to come down to AU again so we can take some pics!
Hmmm, me personally...I didn't even do a primer coat I just sanded the surface a bit and put the glossy black paint on directly. Did a few coats and then sanded a bit. put on another coat...and then applied two coats of clearcoat....I'll let ya guys know how good it stands up. I travel the highway everyday to get to work.
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Old Jul 2, 2003 | 09:37 PM
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Originally posted by brendanlim
You didn't have to sand the primered coat any did you?
BTW -- You need to come down to AU again so we can take some pics!
No sanding! I'll let you know when I'll be there again.
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Old Jul 3, 2003 | 04:16 AM
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Originally posted by nyczdave
HOw did you black out the grill?
Not that it is rocket science or anything, but you can look HERE also

I have since applied a few coats of glossy black.
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Old Jul 19, 2003 | 12:18 PM
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400DGRZ,

You probably can't tell, but I also polished my headlamps housings as well. I used a plastic scratch remover type wax and it did wonders!!!
Which plastic scratch remover did you use?
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Old Jul 19, 2003 | 07:18 PM
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Originally posted by Dex
Not that it is rocket science or anything, but you can look HERE also

I have since applied a few coats of glossy black.
Yup, I did that about a year ago, after I saw yours.....I gave it about 8 coates of high gloss "high-heat" paint, and about another 5 of clear coat.......If I didnt black it out, I would have never used the stock grill again.....pretty good little mod. Now I switch back and forth between it and my L-Sportline........
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