painted my chrome grill

[austinfranze]

Yesterday i painted my chrome grill to match the body. I used plastidip as a base coat, because i knew that regular paint wont stick well to the plastic chrome. i went to autozone and got some duplicolor aerosol paint to match my paint code. used 3 coats of plastidip, 2 coats of the duplicolor, and 2 coats of clear coat. i think it came out pretty good. i havent painted it yet, but the bow tie will be painted silver.

 

[Drok]

Looks good !! I've always liked that color blue.. My 2 cents would be painting the plastic on the top of the bumper blue and the lower valance black to match sidesteps. Either way it's a great looking tahoe.

 

[Big Buttons]

Looks great!

 

[austinfranze]

thank yall. this piece was a trial to see how well it would look doing it the way i did. im impressed with it so far. i have it planned out to paint that top piece body matched. i think i want to body match the valence too, but im not sure about what im going to do with the running boards. i thought about painting the outside of the boards body color, but leaving the part where you step black. not sure yet.

 

[02 Burb]

Thats look really good, nice job. I painted all the chrome on my Lt, and its been holding up great for about 6 months now. I used adhesion promoter, primer, base then clear for the bumpers and the front grill.

 

[Z-56 Hoe]

It looks good.

 

[Pockets]

Turned out really good

 

[Drok]

The running board idea sounds good to me prob look good too and if u don't like it u can always paint them back to black . I used plasti dip on my chrome grill n valance and they have done great for 2 winters here in maine getting hit with salt n rocks only had 1 chip but the dip is so easy to fix .

 

[swtz71]

looks sweet!! great job!

 

[YukonXL04]

That looks great man.

 

[Goodinblack]

Love the blue

 

[austinfranze]

The running board idea sounds good to me prob look good too and if u don't like it u can always paint them back to black . I used plasti dip on my chrome grill n valance and they have done great for 2 winters here in maine getting hit with salt n rocks only had 1 chip but the dip is so easy to fix .

yeah thats what i was thinking too. hopefully using the pastidip as the base coat the duplicolor will stick well too.

 

[Drok]

Idk never thought of using it as a base . Let me know how that turns out.

 

[LOWHOE775]

Thank you for the clarification I just didn't know if it was safe to spray over plasti dip. I want my chrome to be untouched later I can remove if I decide to. How much was the can, if I may ask. And my truck is about the same color what paint code you have?

 

[austinfranze]

so far the paint is holding up fine. i just used white plastidip as a base coat. i recommend using black instead of white though. i have like $30 into painting this grill from start to finish. used 1 can of plastidip as a base, 2 8 oz cans duplicolor body match paint, and 1/2 can of clear lacquer. i dont remember what the paint code is but it is indigo blue metallic. your paint code is on the tag in the glove box.

 

[TriniHoe]

but im not sure about what im going to do with the running boards. i thought about painting the outside of the boards body color, but leaving the part where you step black. not sure yet.

I did a similar paint scheme to my running boards a couple of years ago.

 

[LOWHOE775]

so far the paint is holding up fine. i just used white plastidip as a base coat. i recommend using black instead of white though. i have like $30 into painting this grill from start to finish. used 1 can of plastidip as a base, 2 8 oz cans duplicolor body match paint, and 1/2 can of clear lacquer. i dont remember what the paint code is but it is indigo blue metallic. your paint code is on the tag in the glove box.

I just did mine today right after looking at this thread and it came out really good thank you

 

[middelgriff1]

I did a similar paint scheme to my running boards a couple of years ago.

Did you spray it out of a can? If so where'd you get the red?

 

[TriniHoe]

Did you spray it out of a can? If so where'd you get the red?

Yes, spray paint for plastic from Home Depot that was a very close match. Last year I checked for the paint at HD and HD stopped carrying it.

 

[Yukongk]

Looks great!