Painted my Grill yesterday.

[The Hiking Viking]

Hey everyone. I decided to paint my grill to match (as closely as I could), the factory color. It’s not perfect, but it’s definitely close enough. I feel like it’s a big improvement over the black grill that came on it. Thoughts?

 

[Joebv]

Pretty nice! May try this myself

 

[The Hiking Viking]

Pretty nice! May try this myself

It was surprisingly easy. 3 10mm nuts on each headlight and a hex head underneath. It popped right off.

 

[Roxasuras]

Nice clean work!

 

[The Hiking Viking]

Nice clean work!

Thanks!

 

[USMC]

Viking, you gave me an idea with a grille upgrade. Also, your paint job looks good.

 

[DrunkenSlug]

Thought it was going to look crappy when I clicked the thread title. Actually looks pretty good dude, nicely done!

 

[USMC]

OK Everyone, isn't that green shade the same as the plastic soldiers that we would buy in bags or cans as kids?

 

[The Hiking Viking]

Viking, you gave me an idea with a grille upgrade. Also, your paint job looks good.

Thanks. I appreciate it.

 

[The Hiking Viking]

Thought it was going to look crappy when I clicked the thread title. Actually looks pretty good dude, nicely done!

Hahaha! Thanks! I’m glad it wasn’t. 👍

 

[Bob R1]

I agree it looks better than factory.
Now if it were slotted
Very good job on the color match also.

Bob R

 

[The Hiking Viking]

I agree it looks better than factory.
Now if it were slotted
Very good job on the color match also.

Bob R

Thanks! Agreed, Slotted would be better.

 

[Colderweather86]

Hell yeah! Looks awesome!

 

[The Hiking Viking]

Thanks!

 

[plumbstraight]

Got tired of the battleship gray and camoed mine. Turned out well. I used the moss green also but it is a softer green. Love that color, might after the camo gets a bit tattered paint it with the solid moss. With some black, brown, and gray with the moss it does look different for sure.

 

[Bob R1]

plumbstraight A good picture would be nice.
A picture is worth 1000 words. Fifty Three Words only gives us part of the picture .
On a more serious note, a picture would be good. I suspect it looks very nice.
Your paint job may last a very long time. I rattle canned my old sniper rifle and Leupold Tactical Scope twenty some years ago, expecting to need to tune the paint job up over the years. Guess what, it still looks very good. Note it was carried in my patrol car in a hard case. That saved the finish a lot of wear. The point being your paint job may hold up well with good surface prep before painting.

Bob R