Black Grills on a 2002 facelift

[00bunge00]

Hi there,

Ive got a 2002 Facelift with the ugly chrome grill inserts and want to paint them black. Ive seen a pic on RetroRides of someone that did it, but i dont know how! Do you just paint them or sand them first?

 

[00bunge00]

Forgot the picture!!

 

[euro_micra]

that's me

I lightly sanded them to key the chrome, then simply sprayed them black. The black started to chip off after a few months, primer and lacquer would help though.

 

[00bunge00]

Ahaha well in that case, I've just had the reply to my PM on the other site from you!

 

[flipside]

smooth black hammerite spray ftw(Y)

 

[wehey]

Can you take em off the car to spray them??

 

[peposhi]

hammerite spray's really good (Y)

 

[SK193]

It may cost a bit more but I bought a set of black grill pieces for about £25, just pop the chrome ones out and clip in the new ones

 

[00bunge00]

It may cost a bit more but I bought a set of black grill pieces for about £25, just pop the chrome ones out and clip in the new ones

Where did you get them from?? They look really good!

hammerite spray's really good (Y)

smooth black hammerite spray ftw(Y)

Do you need to do any pre spray work? eg sanding etc?

Can you take em off the car to spray them??

Yeah they just unplug inside the bonnet

 

[Stani1029]

I done the same, bought a set of genuine nisan black grills from ebay for about £25, just a case of swapping them no worrying about paint peel

 

[SK193]

^ Same as above, got them new from eBay for about £20 - £25. Just a 5 minute job to change them over then

 

[00bunge00]

I cant find any :S the only ones are chrome ones :/ scrapyard it is i think!

 

[peposhi]

Isn't 20-25 pounds way too much for a set of these, mate?
Better get some of the scrappy for near nothing, 5 pounds for a good spray and DIY, not a big job

 

[00bunge00]

Yeah, going down the breakers this weekend!