Finally got around to painting my billet grille black. I used a satin black Krylon spray bomb, and it turned out pretty well! It really shows what's in behind the grille now though... but I still like it better than the bare aluminum.





And here's a before shot for comparison!

 

Looks good man!

 

Thanks! I'm thinking of taking the bug deflector off now... but it's hiding too many stone chips!

 

5xxxxxxxxxxxx better

 

wow, looks WAY better!

 

yep wayyyyy better

 

No leave the bug deflector on... You can barely notice it anyways. That grill looks a million times better now! Maybe paint everything behind it black? Might help hide it

 

nice.

 

Thanks guys. Everything behind it is actually already black. It just seems like it's more noticeable once the bars are painted!

 

looks good man! Im thinkin bout doing it to mine. But my alummium insert is like a smaller honey comb idk how it would look.

 

Looks way better.

 

Much better!

 

Looks good!

 

Very Nice!

 

Sorry to bring up an old thread, but did you sand the grille at all before painting?

 

All I did was scuff it with a scotchbrite pad. It held up for a year or so before I had to touch it up a bit! It wasn't bad... just a few stone chips.

 

I spy: A JEEP!

 

Yea. He's got a pretty awesome XJ. There is a build thread for it on here.

 

Yep that's my brother-in-laws XJ. That was back when it had a 3" lift, coil spacers and 31's. It now has a 6.5" BDS long arm kit.

 

Alright thanks! Gonna do this soon I think!