Pic request - T-Red painted oval

[bullion]

I am debating painting the front oval grill on my T-Red CSVT to match the rest of the car. Let's see some pictures....

It would also help if you say what kind of paint you used and what steps you took to get the results you did. Thanks

 

[Guitarman19853]

I roughed up the chrome with 200 grit sandpaper, then sprayed with Adhesion Promoter, Filler Primer, wetsanded, color coat (light), 6 or so coats of clear, wetsanded and polished. I'll try and find my original post about painting it on the old forum... it has more details.

 

[Berkel]

 

[csvtjohnga]

 

[CSVT#49]

I'll whore some pics too

I didn't do all of the work that most did. I just put 3-4 coats of brown primer over the chrome. Then I used the duplicolor factory matched paint and put on lik 4 coats of that. After that I sanded it to a 1500 grit. I then sprayed another 2-3 coats of clear coat over that and sanded it to a 2000 grit. Polished it and then wal la.

 

[bullion]

What did you guys polish it with?

 

[csvtjohnga]

zaino......

 

[bullion]

I didn't know if you were using a conventional polish like Meguiars, Zaino, etc. that you would use to detial your car or if you were using something else.

 

[SVTJON87]

i was able to peel off all the crome. but i did it on a aftermarket non-svt grill.

 

[MAZDASPEED]

I used sandpaper to cut thru as much of the chrome as possible, then I used brake cleaner on a rag to clean the ring. Prime, paint and several layers of clear coat:

 

[ChattavegasSE]

No love for the SE's? :crazy: