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I painted my grills last weekend. Sry for the delay on the post, but I'm lazy. lol It's not a big difference, but I couldn't stand that chrome trim. I think it turned out really good.

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The 05 front end is SO much less offensive without that chrome.

Here is a the before pic.

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good job. i liked the chrome trim personally, but still prefer the 03/04 front end vs the 05 still. but i think i've always been partial ...

sure looks different. better than the unpainted chromed look.

Cool.Now wash that thing for the love of all that is holy

Looks great. Watch this be an option on the next model year...they could call it "the monotone grill package" and charge extra.

Quote, originally posted by rAERRK »Cool.Now wash that thing for the love of all that is holy You beat me to it. Seriously, wash the car before you take the pictures. Looks real good though. How did you do it? Did you remove it all together from the front end or is it in pieces?

Quote, originally posted by BOZACK »You beat me to it. Seriously, wash the car before you take the pictures. Looks real good though. How did you do it? Did you remove it all together from the front end or is it in pieces?I actually washed my car the day before I took the pictures, but it rained on my way to work the next morning. So, my car got dirty and I didn't feel like washing it again. Now, to answer your questions. I just took the grills out of the front end and spray painted them. I didn't use primer or anything. I found some spray paint that is actually for plastic. It's called Krylon Fusion. The hardest part is trying to get enough paint INSIDE the holes, but not getting too much on the front so it doesn't run. I just did a couple of light coats.

What's with the old license plate holes????

I hit a mailbox. lol I took off the license plate to try to straighten it cuz it got a little bent up. You can see the dent in the hood where the mailbox hit it.

Stupid mailboxes ! They are always jumping out in the middle of the road. I hope it had insurance.

dude that looks dumb as hell plus unless you blast the chrome off the grille thew paint will never stay , looks like is comming off already , good idea just hace to do it right

Doesn't look like it's coming off to me...looks like it's got muddy water spots on it. Anyway, I like it, think it looks a lot better than the chrome.

Quote, originally posted by george »dude that looks dumb as hell plus unless you blast the chrome off the grille thew paint will never stay , looks like is comming off already , good idea just hace to do it right Huh? Issues with sentence structure aside, I'm still confused here.Ok, "dude that looks dumb as hell" begins the post, yet near the end, that same "dumb as hell" idea is called a "good idea?" I'm so confused!Do you like it, or do you dislike it?

I think it looks good. It gives it a cleaner look as it matches the outer rim. I like the '03/'04 front end better IMO

Hrm... I wonder what that would look like on an Abyss 05... mod number, uh, I lost count.

I kinda like it!

Perhaps "dumb as hell" is a new type of compliment, sort of like something being described as being "the sh*t"....

Quote, originally posted by Summer »Perhaps "dumb as hell" is a new type of compliment, sort of like something being described as being "the sh*t"....That wackjob is the bomb, fo shizzle home slice.Yeah... I'm old.

Quote, originally posted by binary »That wackjob is the bomb, fo shizzle home slice.Yeah... I'm old.hahahhaa! dat shizzle be so sick it's st00pid!

Quote, originally posted by binary »That wackjob is the bomb, fo shizzle home slice.Yeah... I'm old.no you aren't I am and it would go like this:thats the cats meow, slick daddy'o