Painted Grill

[97Mounty97]

Well I decided to paint the grille on my 97 mountaineer let me know what you think of it.

BEFORE

AFTER

I covered the emblem because I'm painting it red

 

[4rd Xplora]

Waiting to see the finished product.

 

[97Mounty97]

Waiting to see the finished product.

I'll have some pics up tomorrow of it. It got to dark before I could tonight

 

[DjDom]

I painted my Ex grill black this summer.
Very happy with it.
However, if you didn't sand off the chrome, it's gonna have peeling issues.

Side note.. Please don't tell me you added those hooks on your bumper to be tow hooks?

 

[97Mounty97]

I painted my Ex grill black this summer.
Very happy with it.
However, if you didn't sand off the chrome, it's gonna have peeling issues.

Side note.. Please don't tell me you added those hooks on your bumper to be tow hooks?

I sanded most of the chrome on it so hopefully I wont have a problem.

And those d-rings are just for looks I'd never use those to pull anything with

 

[KORDemon7]

Sounds like it's going to look cool when your done.

 

[97Mounty97]

Sounds like it's going to look cool when your done.

Thanks I'll be posting some pics later today

 

[GRNMACHINE]

Like what I see, waiting for after shots.

 

[97Mounty97]

Like what I see, waiting for after shots.

I'll be getting some pics up tonight of it all finished

 

[DjDom]

I sanded most of the chrome on it so hopefully I wont have a problem.

And those d-rings are just for looks I'd never use those to pull anything with

Thank God.
I guess those D rings could be used for strapping stuff to the roof though, strong enough for that..

 

[97Mounty97]

Thank God.
I guess those D rings could be used for strapping stuff to the roof though, strong enough for that..

Hahaha yeah I'd be a fool to pull anything heavy with those

 

[DjDom]

Hahaha yeah I'd be a fool to pull anything heavy with those

Pfft, better than factory tow hooks!
You can tow a truck out with those, no problem!

 

[97Mounty97]

Pfft, better than factory tow hooks!
You can tow a truck out with those, no problem!

lol really?

 

[97Mounty97]

Its pretty much finished!!

 

[97Mounty97]

Okay so I want to put steel mesh painted red behind the grill to make the black pop. You can see the red mesh on the bottom of the bumper in this pic.

Here's the emblem

 

[swshawaii]

Pfft, better than factory tow hooks!
You can tow a truck out with those, no problem!

Nothing like a couple of heavy D rings "slingshotting" through the rear window. LOL

 

[DjDom]

Nothing like a couple of heavy D rings "slingshotting" through the rear window. LOL

Can't hurt! ;D

 

[4rd Xplora]

Me likey!! But then I'm the guy who pulled the chrome grille off his 96' Eddie B and put on a painted one.

 

[97Mounty97]

Me likey!! But then I'm the guy who pulled the chrome grille off his 96' Eddie B and put on a painted one.

Thanks!! I definitely think it looks a lot better than the chrome

 

[DjDom]

Me likey!! But then I'm the guy who pulled the chrome grille off his 96' Eddie B and put on a painted one.

Yeah..
This.
I pulled the Chrome one off mine, grabbed a Black sport grill, sanded it down, and painted Matte black.
And painted the bumper valence black too. The stock purple color was horrible..