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Any ideas how to strip the paint from the grille without melting it with paint strippers?

They slide off length ways.

Cheers will get the chrome strip off tonight =D

i just dropped mine at the painter with the trimmings removed. $250 and next day and its perfect. he did do some plastic welding on it for me too.

I would rather do it myself if I can. The grille was on a hardtop drag car and was painted matt black with no prep work so it's pretty messy. It's a good grille just the paint is messy

yeh mine had been some in similar fashion. mine was all flaky and had runs in it from someone spraying crap with a can without prep. im not sure on removing paint safely without scratching it. but for painting the car shops sell plastic primer in a can that works if done patiently.

I think I'll pressure clean it. Get really fine wet sand paper and rub it down... Then prime it like I did the tail lights....
Then got to find a color that suits. I think the gun metal might be to dark for the grille

i went a gunmetal type colour on my grill. can have a look in my build thread to get an idea if ya want.

go through this page and these photos are all after the paint was fixed
http://www.sigma-galant.com/viewtopic.p ... 6&start=90

That's the exact color I want lol... Don't know is actual name do you?

na it had a similar colour already on there already so i took it to the painter and just said give me something close enough to this sorry mate

First step, thoroughly clean it with detergent. Second, wipe it over thoroughly with methylated spirits or prepsol and a clean cotton rag. Wet and dry it with 800 grit, give it a good rinse and either dry it with cotton cloth or use compressed air (a compressor with a trap in the line so you don't contaminate your grill) A good gunmetal finished paint I would try to get my hands on would be 1990 suzuki epoxy grey paint used on engine/gearbox covers(it's kind of expensive now, but you should be able to get it through a bike shop). No need to undercoat, give it a few coats and it'll look good. It dries to a semi gloss so it won't look rediculous and is pretty tough.