I HATE HONEYCOMB

[PHXLavaVibe]

As you can tell from my sig. I previously painted all five of my grilles an annodized red. It was a painstaking process back then and I was kickin myself in the @$$ all weekend as I spent over 16 hours trying to remove all that junk. It wouldn't have been such a big deal, but the paint has been chipping/peeling off over the past couple months and has really started to look cheap and tacky.I probably spent over $150.00 on different supplies I attempted to use to get the red off. There are hardly any paint removers out there that are safe to use on plastic so I spent most of my time using tiny wire brushes and my pathetic battery powered Dremel. I did find some spray paint remover at the Home Depot that helped loosen the paint but still exerted myself using the wire brushes. I started working on the grilles around 9am on Saturday and quit for the day around 1am. then I started again around 10am Sunday. I finally got the majority of the paint off around 3pm Sun. and took the pieces to my local do it yourself car wash. I soaked the remainder of the paint with the remover and then attacked all the pieces with the high powered sprayer/washer. After 20 minutes of spraying them down with the skin peeling water pressure, the five pieces were spotless and ready for a makeover.It took all of 2 hours to completely repaint the pieces in a high gloss black. Following the suggestions of a few of my friends, I first sprayed the naked grilles with a plastic adhesive (forgot the brand) and then applied 4 coats of black with an additional 3 coats of clear.I had the car all put back together by 6pm and then took my husband deprived wife out to dinner. Followed by a movie "Snakes on a Plane"Wow that was a good movie!!!Pics comming this afternoon

[Mrizzle05]

The chrome trim was a PITA to take off... i stabbed myself with a screwdriver trying to get it off. But one i got that black on.... looks SOOOoooo much better.I was finishing the bottom pieces when.... YUP you guess it, my poor lil rattlecan started spitting out air!!! Nooooo.so gotta get more and redo the lower grill tonight.Hurry with the PICS!

[VforVIBE]

Wow, I got mine off, painted, and back on in under 80 min. and it's still holding up well. I only used 3 coats of Krylon for plastics.

[GrayFox]

Glad to hear you were successful I plan on doing this sometime in the near future.

[NascarXprt]

yea i need to redo mine and the lower front bumper aswell.Heres the link to my pics of when i painted mine before they started to peel off. http://forums.genvibe.com/zerothread?id=19439

[PHXLavaVibe]

Pics are located here...http://forums.genvibe.com/zerothread?id=24638