Well this was with the stock grill So why I would not go open without any grill at all

I actually went and picked it up personally I live about 45min away

Got the paint today. I will be painting the whole thing red and the mesh black. then I will see how it looks

 

PS: before I go out I wanted to post the 1st stage of the color paint on so far......

 

KK,

I saw that without clear coat the paint is just off. But not that much.

Here are some samples of the grill so far without clear coat/painted mesh and a partial fit to the car










See the huge difference real paint makes rather than PS editing? Much better and I can sort of imagine the mesh there as well now. After this all I will need is my JDM KS 06 lip kit

More pics:
http://www.infini.bz/fareast/step3prev/

 

man that looks sick!!! can't wait to see that on mine. i with i lived an hour away so i can get my hands on it already.

 

Clear coat applied last night. I am puzzled on how to do the mesh correctly though. gotta make sure it stays on

I am not 100% on it's looks with out the bumper Lip but I am not gonna stop now

 

Looks sweet!

 

Thanks Kahuna,

Well right now I am thinking of taking it to a shop to get it finished. I applied clear coat and maybe I put too much or something but it's not really looking smooth. More sandy grain when it reflects the light.

I have already done allot of fabrication and such so I think they can just paint it nice and coat it right. We shall see

I also don't really feel right about the way it looks "without" the JDM KS lip kit. It looks a bit unfinished. We shall see.........

 

i didn't think i'd get my grill so soon. i ordered it last tuesday... got it yesterday. takin it to the car club shop to get painted and installed... along with some interior pieces.

 

NICE! let me know how much they charged you for paint cause I need to start getting estimates. I mess up the job. Last job I overdid it this job I under-did it

 

i don't think... well i hope it isn't too expensive. hopefully $200 for painting the grille and painting the mesh for the top and bottom.

 

Hopefully?? mmmm, you better call em and get a price. They can say anything now. not good. Unless you know them and have a decent relationship though.

Just to note, my hood cowl was $160. This grill needs ALLOT of bondo or shaping before it's primed and painted.

 

the grille looked fine to me when i took it out of the box. i'll see how much they charge me to install it. if i think it's too much then i'll just return the grille for a refund and save this mod for later.

 

Yeah it's got allot of rough edges and needs to be all smoothed out. Well the one I got was this way.

 

Um, just an update. I went nuts and bought a whole bunch of JDM stuff. So my front grill is on the backburner as I have switched to the IST logo

So I might sell the grill ......

 

$100 for labor... 60 for paint. it should be done by the end of the week. props to team scion eyed motorsports in h-town texas. once the grill is installed i'll post pics.

 

Yay! I prob. should have done that to begin with. But is that price for it open style or Black?

 

i don't mean to be stupid but i don't know what open stle means...


that price was to paint the grill 3q3 - salsa red. i didn't like the idea of paintin it black. actually they're even going to paint the mesh red too. i just need to get my hands on some more mesh so the bottom opening can be replaced to match the grill.

 

wait... i think i just got it. open style is the grill without any mesh at all?? if i can leave it like that then i'll just let them know not to put any on it.

 

NO!!! LO!! if you look at my 1st post you can see the two diff. versions of the grill. The white xA has the black mesh AND black inside. The others do not.

The Term "open" came form some where

 

you know i never noticed the difference. it's all painted red.