I was getting sick of looking at my grille and how nasty it was looking, the finish was peeling off and what it looked like was chrome was showing through in some spots. So yesterday I decided to give it a good sand down and repaint it. I sanded it real good with 120 then went back over it with 320. I then proceeded to wipe it down to get all of dust off and sprayed two coats of primer. After that dried I sprayed about 6 coats of gloss black. I let the black dry for an hour then I sprayed 6 coats of clear on it. I also did the bow tie the same way but used gloss white. I think it looks just as good as my girlfriends factory painted grille, if not better.

http://s277.photobucket.com/albums/k...urrent=380.jpg <-OLD
http://s277.photobucket.com/albums/k...t=IMG00134.jpg <-New

 

looks good, i like the white bowtie.

 

Looks nice, made a big differance.

 

i recently did the same thing i used a gloss paint and it didnt turn out too well so i just bought a new grille it looks pretty good all black check out my photos to see it

 

Looks good i have the chrome grill, black mesh, ND pained the gold bowtie gloss black

 

looks good, just need to do something about thos dots and rust on your hood now.