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12-29-2021, 02:20 PM
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Painting grill
Has anybody tried or painted the lower stamped piece body color on a 69-72 style grill. I've been throwing around the idea for a while now and was considering the mild custom treatment. Painted up a trashed grill wall hanger and tried it out before doing it to the truck.
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12-29-2021, 02:23 PM
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Re: Painting grill
Not mine......
Painted grill
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12-29-2021, 02:30 PM
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Re: Painting grill
Kinda the idea I 'm thinking of keeping the stainless for the most part and most of the grill will be stock. But painting the stamped in filler panel body color effectively creating a floating grill. Think like a mild touch.
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12-29-2021, 03:03 PM
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67-72 parts collector,…
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Re: Painting grill
I always thought painting that part of the grille would look better.
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01-07-2022, 02:39 PM
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Re: Painting grill
So I pulled the trigger on painting the stamped valance portion of the grill body color.
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01-07-2022, 09:47 PM
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Re: Painting grill
Looks good! Amazing original grill you got there too!
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01-11-2022, 06:38 PM
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Re: Painting grill
Here is the installed final result, its nice and subtle.
Last edited by Day 2 C10; 01-11-2022 at 06:52 PM. |
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01-11-2022, 06:45 PM
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Re: Painting grill
Nice work!
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01-12-2022, 08:14 AM
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Re: Painting grill
Yes, that looks great! That piece has always bothered me on the 69/70s and I've wondered what it would look like painted. Nice work and thanks for updating with the final result.
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01-12-2022, 08:18 AM
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Re: Painting grill
That turned out very good
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01-12-2022, 10:09 AM
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Re: Painting grill
That is something that should of been done at the factory, but would have costed too much to stay competitive, I'm sure.
It looks fantastic! It helps the grill "POP".
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01-13-2022, 07:48 AM
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Re: Painting grill
Very nice!
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01-15-2022, 04:50 AM
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Re: Painting grill
Looks Natural on there!
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