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Old May 11, 2026 | 05:33 AM
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I always looked at the pictures of a fresh GS back when the car was new and wondered if I can restore mine to look like that beautiful rich black front grille:






As you can see my grille horrible peeled and faded black plastic



Buy a cheap matte black paint and some $2 paper tape:


Protect your car paint very well especially chrome bits and clean it very well with water, start spraying and make sure to triple coat it for extra-long life:



........and there you are almost as deep and dark black grille as a fresh GS from 2008:
(Now of course you can take it to the next level with proper automotive paint and full disassembly with sanding, but I wanted a quick 30m restoration and am really pleased with the result, let's hope it will not fade in a short time)







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Old May 12, 2026 | 10:03 AM
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That came out really nice.
I'm gonna have to do mine now.
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