Grill painting

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youngshag

youngshag

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Has anyone painted or changed the look of their grill from the p1ss poor look Range Rover achieved. Mine is a dirty grey which looks really bad and lets down the front end. I've been tempted to buy one but I really think I could do a good job with some advice. Also this includes the trim panels which go under the headlights. Any idea's or pictures out there?
 
youngshag said:
Has anyone painted or changed the look of their grill from the p1ss poor look Range Rover achieved. Mine is a dirty grey which looks really bad and lets down the front end. I've been tempted to buy one but I really think I could do a good job with some advice. Also this includes the trim panels which go under the headlights. Any idea's or pictures out there?
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I tried spraying the original grey plastic one on mine but it looked **** as it all went like orange peel, so i brought a grille of eBay off a newer model which comes already painted and just resprayed it willow green to match my car. Much better result. Cost about £50 in total.
 
youngshag said:
Has anyone painted or changed the look of their grill from the p1ss poor look Range Rover achieved. Mine is a dirty grey which looks really bad and lets down the front end. I've been tempted to buy one but I really think I could do a good job with some advice. Also this includes the trim panels which go under the headlights. Any idea's or pictures out there?
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Do a :search:it's been covered many times:)
 
Before spraying it try a product called "forever black", it is essentially a dye for plastic and it has brought my washed out grey grill and the bits under the headlights back to a matt black - also done the door handles and loads left in the bottle, all for £15!

It is easy to apply, just dab on and let dry then repeat until you get the desired effect.

Darren
 
Not a great pic but two coats grey primer, four coats satin black, masked off to do under headlights.
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Crikey Darren that looks sweet. I'm looking to find somewhere that I can pick it up tomorrow instead of waiting on ebay. I'd seen your RR before on ebay, when I was looking for mine.

Paul
 
Thanks Paul :)

I was going to spray it and tried this stuff thinking it would be rubbish but it was brilliant. One tip I would give is take the grill off the car so you can lay it flat and then mask off the land rover badge and just apply thin coats, spread with a 1" paint brush, just mask off around the under headlight trims and do the same with those, apply the dye and then use a 1" brush to spread it around and get even coats. it takes it back to the finish it had when it left the factory.

Darren.
 
youngshag said:
Erm, me thinks we've all gone off on a tangent. Did Jackson have a P38. If not, leave him out of it!!!
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You think a coloured bloke who claimed to be the natural father of an obviously white kid is not a bit strange? Nothing against the bloke but get real please.
 
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