How To: JDM Style Front Upper Grill

[90210brandon]

Re: My upper lip

Just showing ya'll what I did. Thanks again Kid.

Here's mine...

 

[Natey]

(hah)http://protege5.com/vbb225/showthread.php?s=&threadid=33844 (bling)

 

[Dreeza]

HAHAHA thats great...do they make duct tape in laser blue????

 

[Dreeza]

It's easy to do. The more time you spend getting to the clips the less probability of breaking the clips. It took me a half hour to take it off. Painting it, same thing, the more time, the better it turns out. Good luck.

lol, ok...maybe i need to go out and actually look....is it self-explanatory once i do that?? cuz i am still not sure how to go about taking it off

 

[JTP]

HAHAHA thats great...do they make duct tape in laser blue????

No but they do make electrical tape in a very close color. In fact I have some at work.

 

[Dreeza]

No but they do make electrical tape in a very close color. In fact I have some at work.

lol, send me some of that stuff!!!


jk...seriously though...any tips on taking it off, i tried looking at it, and i just didnt know how to go about pulling it off

 

[Snacks McGee]

Woohoo....did this mod without breaking any clips! I was afraid that the yellow strip wouldn't match...but they matched up perfectly.

 

[Dreeza]

Woohoo....did this mod without breaking any clips! I was afraid that the yellow strip wouldn't match...but they matched up perfectly.

alright..HOW'd ya do it???

and what paint do i get???

 

[Snacks McGee]

alright..HOW'd ya do it???

and what paint do i get???

You just got to work at it real slow. I used a flat head screwdriver and wedged and pulled more horizontally than vertically.

I ordered my paint from Levine Paint and Auto Supply for $25 bucks . But they matched the paint perfectly....here's the site if you want to check it out.

http://www.levineautoparts.com/spraycanofto.html

I just followed the directions....sand...few layers of primer...sand again... and 5 coats of yellow paint. Real easy...and subtle but great results.

 

[Dreeza]

You just got to work at it real slow. I used a flat head screwdriver and wedged and pulled more horizontally than vertically.

I ordered my paint from Levine Paint and Auto Supply for $25 bucks . But they matched the paint perfectly....here's the site if you want to check it out.

http://www.levineautoparts.com/spraycanofto.html

I just followed the directions....sand...few layers of primer...sand again... and 5 coats of yellow paint. Real easy...and subtle but great results.

whoa, 25 for everything! awesome...thanks, ill look into that

 

[viVid]

Just got done doing mine... and NO broken clips! (yippy) Other than a little orange peel from the clear coat, it looks pretty good. Used the paint from Levine...

You just got to work at it real slow. I used a flat head screwdriver and wedged and pulled more horizontally than vertically.

I ordered my paint from Levine Paint and Auto Supply for $25 bucks . But they matched the paint perfectly....here's the site if you want to check it out.

http://www.levineautoparts.com/spraycanofto.html

I just followed the directions....sand...few layers of primer...sand again... and 5 coats of yellow paint. Real easy...and subtle but great results.

 

[Kansei]

i now join the jdm crew or something...

oh and here is a before shot

 

[RobMP5]

hey myndfi3ld, does any light show through since you color keyed your amber side markers? looks pretty good.

 

[Kansei]

Well.. a tiny bit did, but I took the bulbs out. If it wasn't such a pain to get in there and pop them out to put bulbs in, I would so you could see it. But in the daylight you could see a little light coming through.. veery little though.

 

[protegeV]

that cant be legal(headshake

 

[TStar]

hey kid, you are aware that the edm/jdm apperture is not silver but chrome like the mazda emblem ?

 

[Kansei]

hey kid, you are aware that the edm/jdm apperture is not silver but chrome like the mazda emblem ?

ok ok, so it's not JDM style. let us have our fun

It's more of a mazdaspeed protege style.

 

[TStar]

ahhaha.okaaay... hm, but the "problem" could be easily solved.. just use some chrome paint from the DIY store... no more expensive than the normal paint and voila .. you got your jdm/edm

 

[Kansei]

ahhaha.okaaay... hm, but the "problem" could be easily solved.. just use some chrome paint from the DIY store... no more expensive than the normal paint and voila .. you got your jdm/edm

I've never seen chrome paint work. Not on plastic.. it just comes out silver. I'd rather have it color matched than chrome (though now it looks a bit dumb with the CF hood).

 

[Dimitrios]

Anyone do this mod with a Midnight Blue?