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painted faded chrome grill to flat-dark gray

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Old 11-03-2006
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painted faded chrome grill to flat-dark gray

Since I spent the last $1,600 of truck money in preventative and corrective maintenance, I decided to splurge and get a $5 rattle can to re-do my grill.

Personally I think it looks a lot better with a dark finish instead of a chrome finish...what do you guys think?

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we did that to one of my grandfather's B2's and i think it looked much better painted black than the faded "chrome"... sadly i dont have any pictures of that truck
 
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yep the black looks good...you also add fog lights?
 
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looks good now do around the headlights.
 
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yeah, I added some driving lights in the factory mounting holes after the first pic was taken...thanks for noticing!

I want to paint the trim around the headlights now too.

What do you guys think of a painted bumper too?
 
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looks good

i would paint the trin around the headlights, but not the bumper.

nice driving lights, how are they?
 
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Looks good to me, just not my Tasta, I would have painted it silver or something, but that's just me.
 
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yeah, paint the trim around the headlights, but not the bumper. lookin good man.
 
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