6th gen: anyone done/seen this?
11-26-2002, 03:32 AM
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6th gen: anyone done/seen this?
Just a quick question. I know many people around here cut out their upper grill and replace it with mesh, or swap them with Si/CTR style grills. For those of you that kept yours stock, has anyone ever painted the black internal parts to match the color of your car? I know the 7th gen civics come like this stock, and I was curious how it would look on a 6th gen. Anyone ever seen it or even better done it themselves?
11-26-2002, 06:45 AM
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Originally posted by WiLL
they look tacky. dont do it. leave it black
just my opinion.
they look tacky. dont do it. leave it black
just my opinion.
11-26-2002, 07:21 AM
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I like the look of the stock grill, but my has kind of faded a little bit...I was thinking about just painting it flat black, but I was curious how it would look if it was painted the color of the car. I don't want to leave it how it is because its getting uglier by the day, so I guess I'll have to go with black.
11-26-2002, 07:24 AM
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Originally posted by str8edgexx
I like the look of the stock grill, but my has kind of faded a little bit...I was thinking about just painting it flat black, but I was curious how it would look if it was painted the color of the car. I don't want to leave it how it is because its getting uglier by the day, so I guess I'll have to go with black.
I like the look of the stock grill, but my has kind of faded a little bit...I was thinking about just painting it flat black, but I was curious how it would look if it was painted the color of the car. I don't want to leave it how it is because its getting uglier by the day, so I guess I'll have to go with black.
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any suggestions on how to do it? Do I sand? How many coats of paint? Do I use clear coat? How many coats of that? I was thinking 3 coats should be good...but don't know about the clear coat. You guys got any ideas?
11-26-2002, 07:49 AM
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Originally posted by str8edgexx
any suggestions on how to do it? Do I sand? How many coats of paint? Do I use clear coat? How many coats of that? I was thinking 3 coats should be good...but don't know about the clear coat. You guys got any ideas?
any suggestions on how to do it? Do I sand? How many coats of paint? Do I use clear coat? How many coats of that? I was thinking 3 coats should be good...but don't know about the clear coat. You guys got any ideas?
Clean it off and remove all particles off the piece. Primer it with about 2 coats. Sand and clean again. Paint it with about 3 coats. Clearcoat it with about 2 coats.
For best results, in between coats, wait about 15-20mins. before applying additional coats. I know it's tempting to get the job done quickly but this leads to horrible looking paint.
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ok, cool...thanks for the help. Looks like I have a new project I have a 4 day weekend this weekend (my office is actually closed friday 
) so maybe I'll have to take this little project on.
I have a 4 day weekend this weekend (my office is actually closed friday ) so maybe I'll have to take this little project on.