02-08-2016, 02:01 PM | #1 |
Drives: 2014 2SS Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Georgia
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Painting Grille and Diffuser...Suggestions/Tips?
Hey guys, I'm going to be painting my rear diffuser a gloss black and I'm looking for any suggestions or tips on the process. How to remove 14'-15' rear diffuser? Painting techniques? want to make sure the paint adheres to the plastic finish. Same for the front upper and lower grille. I want to paint them a gloss black. Would I need to remove the entire front fascia to remove the grilles? I don't have much experience with painting, other than applying plasti-dip to my wheels a few years ago.
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02-08-2016, 03:32 PM | #2 |
Drives: 2015 2LT Join Date: Nov 2015
Location: California
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Don't paint them yourself if you don't know what you're doing.
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02-08-2016, 07:10 PM | #3 |
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Location: Palm Beach, FL
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Agreed, don't try painting if you aren't any good! I took my whole interior out the other day, and figured it wouldn't be hard since I am great with plastidip. WRONG. I have to now have everything repainted!
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02-08-2016, 07:49 PM | #4 |
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Agreed, don't do it if you don't know how. I actually just took my diffuser off this weekend to get painted. Search on here, it is the same as 10-13 models. Yes you have to take the front bumper cover off to get the grilles out, not hard to do
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02-10-2016, 01:52 PM | #5 |
Drives: Blue Ray 2SS Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Elyria
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I would NOT recommend painting it yourself unless you have the proper tools and a booth. I removed mine last winter and gave it to a local body shop and told them they had a couple of months to paint it. So when they painted it he only charged me $50.00 because he had it all winter and did it when he had a matching car color in the booth. It looks great BRM!
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02-14-2016, 09:37 AM | #6 |
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Location: Georgia
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thanks for the responses guys. I'll reach out to a local paint shop
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