ljungberg3
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Hey everyone, so after deciding that I needed a cheap new modification, I went and had some paint mixed up to match the body of my Explorer 
When my dad bought me this car about 7 months ago, he said the chrome peeled off of the grill, so he painted it flat black before I came home haha.
The flat black looked nice, but since the chrome was gone I decided to paint it again
So I started by sanding the front grill down with some heavy grit sandpaper. (I regret this because it left some gouges in the plastic, but hey it's my first time.)
I then masked off the area with some masking tape and some newspaper.
I sprayed a few coats of the paint on and blew on the area with a blowdryer because it is very cold out.
This is a pic of when I had a few coats on.
Then I bought a can of clear coat and sprayed on a few coats of that.
This is the finished product.
Hope you guys like it

When my dad bought me this car about 7 months ago, he said the chrome peeled off of the grill, so he painted it flat black before I came home haha.
The flat black looked nice, but since the chrome was gone I decided to paint it again

So I started by sanding the front grill down with some heavy grit sandpaper. (I regret this because it left some gouges in the plastic, but hey it's my first time.)
I then masked off the area with some masking tape and some newspaper.
I sprayed a few coats of the paint on and blew on the area with a blowdryer because it is very cold out.
This is a pic of when I had a few coats on.
Then I bought a can of clear coat and sprayed on a few coats of that.
This is the finished product.
Hope you guys like it
