Hi all!

I think I saw in Lenny's build thread he painted the front grilles Gloss Black.

I like the looks of this and want to do it myself but I have a few questions.

1. Does it need to be primed in grey, black or not at all.

2. I have Halfords gloss black and enamel lacquer will this be sufficient?

Thanks

I would say you will need to prepare it (probably sand it down) but the spray you have is probably sufficient. Best bet is for Lenny to come along and share his wisdom...

I've got my sand paper and everything at the ready just unsure if the paints right and if priming necessary. I don't want to be left with a silly looking grille haha

I'd be interested to hear people's methods on prep work too.

Only thing I've ever sprayed was a set of handles on my old Mondeo and they turned out near perfect. Few different grades of wet and dry, grey primer, sand, machine silver, sand, lacquer. Can't remember how many coats I gave each step though. I'd recommend the primer from my own experience anyway, but as I say, would love to hear others' advice on it.

The grill seems like it would be a right 'mare to sand in between the mesh, but the fog surrounds shouldn't be too bad. Really need to do them on mine to tie in with the gloss black centre lower lip on the front, and centre diffuser section on the rear.

Think Lenny got his done professionally, but I'm sure he'll still have a good idea of the tricks of the trade. Brigante is another who springs to mind, along with a few others, who have done a bit of colour coding, so looking forward to hearing their advice.

You will need plastic coat primer at least otherwise it will start peeling did a grill that way on another car and still looking good today

Agreed. you definitely should prime before paint, I would personally sand with wet and dry, then prime, then paint.

As already said above, the key to a good finish is preparation...

Clean, De Grease, Wet and dry (Few grades), De grease, Prime (With plastic primer), de grease, wet and dry, de grease, paint, de grease, wet and dry, de grease, lacquer... you may need to wet and dry/degrease in-between coats of paint also, depending on the manufacturers guidelines.

flexible plastic primer for the grill and as above preperation is the key

Thanks for the info guys just need to get this plastic primer and get some time and ill crack on with it :-)