Well it wasn't too hard to do this mod and damn does it look good!
1.First of i took off the grill from the car.
2. there are 6 clips all on the top of the grill. push them in and when they are all out a bit pull up from the bottem to pull the grill out of the hood.
3. first thing i did was wash it.
4.Then will 150 grit sand paper i gave the chrome pieces a little texture.
5. Washed the grill again and let it dry
6. Then i primed the grill with primer.
7. Let it sit for 2 hours, then took 320 grit sand paper (lightly) to the primer to give the paint something to hold onto.
8. coat 1, let sit 1 hr
9. coat 2, let sit 1 hr
10. coat 3, let sit 1 hr.
11. reinstall the grill

I do not have a picture of the grill on the car becuse it started to rain here. I will post pictures on the car with the new grill tomorrow.
P.S. I debadged the car last week also so i will post pictures of that as well.

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here are the pics of the coats

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Excellent job Trev!! Looks great.

Good write-up, too.

 

Thanks. and one thing i forgot to mention. you need to put something behind your hood pull and paint that to match the grill or it will look weird.

 

Pics on your car now. I bet it looks great. I'm gonna have to try this in lieu of an RS4 grill.

 

looks nice cant wait to see it on your car

 

what kind of paint did you use? and did you put a clearcoat on?

 

i used painter's touch spray paint. 1 coat of primer and 3 coats of FLAT black paint. No clear coat. Not sure how long term this application will be. I think it will be fine though.

 

pics on car?

 

i'm going to have to clear coat mine, otherwise i think it would look ricey, because i have a black car. did you prep the plastic fins at all or just the chrome? you painted the fins, right?