Painted Grill!!!

[Explorer_5.0]

fishman: i notice on the second picture you have has over spray one the bumper. if you paint the whole grill i would take it off completely.

 

[Explorer_5.0]

Mikes95XLT:

well thanks for the complaments. yes i put a few coats of clear coat on. its not hard to do but you cant go crazy with the paint or you will have runs. i know a friend that did that and he had to strip the paint and start over. BIG MESS!!

 

[Mikes95XLT]

I think I'm going to do what both you AND Fishman did.... I'm going to paint both. I know Fishman used about 4 coats he said, how about you? How many coats did you use?? And how much did you sand? Enough to get all the chrome off?

 

[Explorer_5.0]

i was going to paint the whole grill white but there everywhere so i wanted to have it a little different from everyone else. i sanded enought to scratch the surface then wet sand so it was fine. put about 6 coats of paint and 4 coats of clear. i hope this helps you!

 

[Mikes95XLT]

Cool thanks... I'll have to think about it. You're right, they're everywhere. I want mine to look different from everyone elses......

 

[Explorer_5.0]

hey no problem thats why were all hear to help one another. i want to see pics when u done!!

 

[Mikes95XLT]

Oh there will be pics..... I take tons with every mod I do. I'll have to think about what I want to do, the edges or the inner grille thing....

 

[Fish Man]

hey, explorer 5.0, i really like youre grille too. nah, i dont think i got any over spray on the bumper, i taped like mad. i think thats from when i lightened the digital pic.

good luck with your project, mike!

 

[Explorer_5.0]

Fish Man:

maybe ur right i took another look at the picture. just wanted to let you know because over spray sux to get off!

 

[Fish Man]

yeah, it really does. thanks

 

[Brandon4AU]

Looks real good Fish. One of the guys on here with the same color X as yours painted his grey bumper trim green to match. I bet that would look real good with how you have your grill sprayed. Leaving that chrone on the bumper and the chrome on your grill to set things off a bit. Just another opinion.
Like This: (borrowed your X 98fordX24)

 

[Mikes95XLT]

That's what I want to do with my bumper and lower valence thing...... how do you do that? What kind of paint?

 

[Brandon4AU]

PM 98fordx24

 

[Fish Man]

yeah, ive been admiring his explorer for some time now...although his is hardcore street, which im not sure if i want to do yet. oh well, maybe some day all my grey stuff will be green, we'll see

 

[Mikes95XLT]

I think I'm going to do the inner grille this weekend I've decided. I like the contrast of the chrome on blue... I also talked to Hartman and he told me how to do the trim, so I might take a shot at all that over my X-mas break.....

 

[Fish Man]

sweet!! let us know how it comes out!

 

[Vozar]

hey I plan to paint mine black but it has a hole the size of a quarter in it. What could I use to patch it up.Could use suggestions. I know how to take it off just need to patch the hole and paint it. A crappy new one costs like $300 dollars.

 

[Brandon4AU]

Do you have a hole in the valance? Just curious. I have one there too. What caused yours if that is what you are talking about? Mine was a blown fog light bulb that melted through the harness and then through the valance

 

[Vozar]

just to clarify, Im talking about my grill with the ford logo on it

 

[Vozar]

what do you mean the valance?