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[Evad]

So I'm going to spray the V on my silver NA black at the weekend and I have realised by doing this the grill is now going to look a bit cr@p where its its taken 5 years of abuse on the front of a VX220 and isn't perfectly black anymore. Has anyone painted they're grills. Would smooth hamerite and a paint brush do the trick? or does anyone have a better idea. Cheers

[SteveA]

I used some regular body work paint and it looks spot on. Been on for at least 6 months with no problems.

[Evad]

Cheers, did you bother with any sort of primer/preparation (apart from removing the di-sected bees in the grill) or just paint stright onto the existing surface.

[SteveA]

Just painted straight on with a touch up stick thing.

[mandarinvx]

Or, clicky

Still looks like new

[luna_s]

when i did my radiator i ripped out the old mesh as it was really tatty, then i replaced it with alloy mesh had concerns about road debris causing damage, but none so far

[Eminator]

I use ProjectPaint (?) a little tub of black enamel gloss from Wilkos It costs £2.49 and I have just done mine and they look spanking I did them 2 years ago and it worked really well and lasted well - the front grill does get a hammering. Really cheap and really effective.

[Eminator]

Here's the stuff - Plasti-Kote not ProjectPaint got the price right though. I couldnt find the black gloss on their website so this is white gloss...try it you never know ;-)

http://www.wilkinson...om/invt/0076438

If anyone has anything better I'd like to know.

Edited by Eminator, 23 August 2007 - 07:01 AM.

[Evad]

Think i'll be paying a visit to Wilko sounds like this stuff should do the trick. Cheer Mandarin I spent ages trying to find that thread the other night but had no luck! Will let you all know how it goes. Cheers

[Evad]

Thanks for everyones help on this.

Half a days work and no dramas to speak of.I'm chuffed with the result looks great. I used that enamel paint from Wilko for the grill, the gloss i used needs to dull down a little but still looks great.


Call me paranoid if you want.....had visions of black overspay on my bonnet.

[danyeates]

That photo makes your car look stunning, great pic. So clean!

[Evad]

Cheers Mate

[amanda]

What did you use on the "V"? I want to do mine That pic is lovely

[mandarinvx]

Standard Halfords primer and satin black tins should work fine (the smaller size tins have a better spray pattern)

[JawZ]

Looking great, and yeah nice photo

[Evad]

As Mandarin said, Plastic primer and satin black spray paint from Halfrauds. I rubbed down the V before very lightly to smooth out the surface, get rid of any laquer and stone chips in places. And that was it, 2 coats of primer and about 4 or 5 light costs of black.

[p4cks]

Dave Evad,

I did mine today inspired by you. Took a trip to Halfrauds after winning £30 worth of Capital Bonds (they look like the new £20 for any interested in WTF they are) and set about masking. And masking some more. And a bit more.

Well chuffed with the result, black V's look amazing on Calypso red VX's and my grille is looking spot on too.

So, thank you.