Hey, all!
Over the weekend I finally got my grilles painted and installed. I traded my LTZ grilles with another member, who sent me his black ones. Here are the steps I took:
All of the paint was Dupli-Color brand
Adhesion Promoter
Perfect Match paint, color BGM0509 Dark Cherry Met (94 WA9088) - 2 cans
Perfect Match clear coat finish
Saturday:
1. I cleaned all dust and dirt off of them (very little to start with!)
2. Sprayed a couple coats of adhesion promoter front and back
3. Within 10 minutes sprayed a couple coats on the back side of both grilles
4. Flipped them over and sprayed several light coats on the fronts
5. Set timer for 5 minutes and sprayed 2 light coats again
6. Checked finish, discovered a tiny bug on the front of one grille. Removed it and sprayed remainder of first can to cover it
Sunday:
Bought another can of same color and clear coat
7. Sprayed a couple light coats of color
8. Set timer to 5 minutes
9. Repeated 7 & 8 several more times until both grilles were "wet" looking
10. Sprayed a couple light coats of clear
11. Set timer for 5 minutes
12. Repeated 10 & 11 twice
Here's the outcome...
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Now, while I wasn't able to get the exact color, I wasn't worried about trying to. I took several cans out to the car and thought about them for quite a while. I finally decided on the lightest of the three.
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