Any of you out there with painted grills either the top one or the bottom two. I dont feel like forking out the cash to buy the billet one. If anyone has, how did u do it? Just striaght spray paint?



scionlife89

 

Are grilles are already painted? Are you talking about the 2 lower bumper grilles?

 

moved...

 

ya the bottom two, i have a bsp and i have a lot of red stuff inside the car and red led underbody so i was thinking about painting the bottom two bumper grills red




scionlife89

 

I took my billet grille and painted it white to match.. still gotta finish it up and clear it

 

Are you sure you want to paint them red on BSP? To each his own, but that might be leaning on the tacky side, IMO? I'd leave them clack as they fade better and will draw more attention to the red you described.

 

ok thanks for the advice




scionlife89

 

here's a camo w/ yellow bottom grills:



if I hadn't seen a pic, I would've thought this was a bad idea. but, this is one hot xB... the wheels, the hood, the stickers... it all works together. my advise - think of the overall composition of the car and then see if you still want to paint. if so, go for it.

 

That yellow... god no.

The only acceptable colors to paint the bottom grill are silver and body matched.

 

im sorry not a good idea...that yellow kills me and I dont think red is a good idea. Try simple and clean...

 

all I gotta say is What the Ugly?

 

not feeling yellow but to each his own.

scionlife89, if you still have your heart stuck on this, email me a pic of your ride to scionbox05@yahoo.com tonight.

ill photoshop it on if you want to get an idea on how itll look. i personally dont think it will look the best, but ill give it a go if youd like

 

If you just don't want to spend the money try e-bay for grill mesh
$5.99 for 6" x 36" piece with $3.75 shipping.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...981035590&rd=1

 

Painted mine. Used auto paint in a can and sprayed and clear coated. Just like anything else. Base/Top/Clear

 

this car needs some yellow fog light inserts . . .

 

My feeling is, if you do paint the grille, everything I've seen so far was too much color. That is why I painted just the leading edge of the honeycomb. I chose yellow to match my car but you should choose a color to compliment yours (perhaps gray or silver).

 

I'm not gonna lie to ya'll fellas....not a big fan of the painted grille at all...I'm thinkin billett...or black...I think the good ol boys at Scion made em black for a reason...but yeah, like everyone keeps sayin...to each his own...I aint one to judge

 

I saw ubow's car in person. The grill looks really good. Your front will look even better once you clear those headlights