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Offline JB114

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Painted fog grills?
« on: August 07, 2014, 09:40:49 pm »
Hey recently bought an 05 gti and the front grill and lower grill have gone that greyish worn colour. I was thinking of getting them sprayed black to freshen them up which made me think of spraying the fog grills too. Has anyone done this with some pics to show please. In my head I think it would look good but I could be wrong   Thanks

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Re: Painted fog grills?
« Reply #1 on: August 07, 2014, 09:52:38 pm »
You only need to spray them if you want say, a gloss black finish.

Check the detailing section, there will be advice on what products to use on plastic to bring it back to life. Aerospace 303 seems to be popular.
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Re: Painted fog grills?
« Reply #2 on: August 07, 2014, 10:01:14 pm »
Yeah I'm after that gloss finish for the fog grills just to see what it looks like. Ok thanks I shall have a look and see what can be done detailing wise if not i could always buy a fresh new grille

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Re: Painted fog grills?
« Reply #3 on: August 07, 2014, 10:10:51 pm »
Just be aware that if you gloss paint the grille and fogs, the skirts and rear bumper won't look right. Unless you have an ED30 with body coloured skirts and rear.
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Re: Painted fog grills?
« Reply #4 on: August 07, 2014, 10:54:14 pm »
My spare set of for grills sprayed Gloss Black, still have the front grills to do......



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Re: Painted fog grills?
« Reply #5 on: August 08, 2014, 04:38:05 pm »
Plan is to get an edition 30 splitter and get everything colour coded  :happy2:

Thanks for the pics I like the way it looks so will be getting that done cheers

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Re: Painted fog grills?
« Reply #6 on: August 08, 2014, 06:48:22 pm »
Autoglym vinyl and rubber restorer works

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Re: Painted fog grills?
« Reply #7 on: August 08, 2014, 07:02:59 pm »
Hey recently bought an 05 gti and the front grill and lower grill have gone that greyish worn colour. I was thinking of getting them sprayed black to freshen them up which made me think of spraying the fog grills too. Has anyone done this with some pics to show please. In my head I think it would look good but I could be wrong   Thanks
Spray all the grills in black plastikote Gloss It looks good and lasts

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Re: Painted fog grills?
« Reply #8 on: August 10, 2014, 12:10:24 am »
Liking the idea of spraying them gloss black, makes them look 10 times better
CW is the way forwards

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Re: Painted fog grills?
« Reply #9 on: August 10, 2014, 09:17:16 am »
My spare set of for grills sprayed Gloss Black, still have the front grills to do......






Hi mate what cold air feed is that in the fog grill? Thanks

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Re: Painted fog grills?
« Reply #10 on: August 10, 2014, 12:01:38 pm »
^^^^ Can't remember,  all in my build thread.  :happy2:
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Re: Painted fog grills?
« Reply #11 on: August 27, 2014, 07:48:34 pm »
MC71, looks nice that mate, did you do that yourself or take it to a pro to sort out? Have been thinking of doing this for a few months but not sure if a DIY would end up with good enough results because of the prep and the area to cover etc. Any advice mate?

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