well as far as painting the chrome... ill show u how the car looks with the red... and then lemme know what yall think about it and bout what u think bout the chrome still

 

well here is a crappy pic i just took with my phone... im not to sure on the red... im prolly gonna go back to the black... but how do u take off the chrome? is it easy like the rings or is it more delicate than that?

 

Shoulda gone with pink. I don't really like how your red looks but from that picture it at least looks well done.. I have painted two grille surrounds and all I did was sand them down a lot. I've never driven with a painted surround/rings though so I'm not too sure how the paint holds up.

 

If the rings were chrome to begin with, it was a quattro... or was that FWD?
Just messing with you, dude, but a quick glance, and it looks like the other chrome piece comes off pretty much the same way the rings did...

 

ha ha ha... very funny lol... yea im not liking the red anyways im just gonna resand it and go back to the black in my sig... i think that looked better honestly

 

Or a Graphite...

 

well i dont have graphite.. i already had flat black.. so i just went back to black

 

hmm i always thought about red rings, i would have liked to see a better picture, like a wider side shot of it more in context with the car.

go back to the flat black and then paint the chrome trim ring gloss red!

 

I did a gloss black for the entire grille, and really like it. Now the only thing shiny/chromey is the Quattro badge. I'm thinking of taking the rings off and going white, but I can't find something to come close to matching my pearl white. Until then I'm sticking with the all black.

BTW, the surround was pretty easy. Just a lot of sanding. And, of course, primer.

 

Surround is a bit more annoying than the rings to remove, but its the same concept. Tabs that need to be released. This is where a flathead screwdriver is your friend. Prying and pulling.

I painted my rings/grill a week or two ago. Holding up alright, but it was only a week or two ago. I kinda wish I had primered it, but I just did a really good sanding job instead. I am thinking about putting a matte clear coat on it for some more protection.

(I know you have flat black already, but I vote matte black. It pops from the grill vents a bit because they are more flat, and it looks menacing.)