do it hans!
My biggest problem with the grille was getting it to stick. I eventually got it sandblasted at no charge from a friend. He said it was a pain to sandblast plastic with a chrome film on top, he said you gotta be careful sandblasting it. Since then I had great results and no chipping. Sandblasting can be done local and for cheap, a lot of shops sandblast. If you dont sandblast prep it well and I used a plastic primer which seemed to help.
Ah! The peer pressure! :wink:
Good to know about the sandblasting. I've seen so many guys do their grills differently...some just sand, some use chemicals to strip, sandblasting, etc. It's like sensory overload!
Hans I wouldn't do that to your grill until it needs it. The color matched looks good. Down the road when it is chipped and sandblasted from the road then I would look at changing it over.
My grille actually has a 3M clear bra on the grille (and hood...and fenders...and door jams...and headlights
) compliments of the first owner. So, more than likely, my grille will never really get "worn down". I would
really like to have my grille color matched rather than bedlinered/blacked out.
I got an estimate from the Maaco back home over winter break for about $200 to color match my grille, but he said he was unsure how well it would stick. Because of that, I got cold feet...
