Thought I'd join the bandwagon and paint my grille. Having a silver car I've not seen this done before so thought I'd give it a shot. I also painted the lower grilles and fog light surrounds gloss black.

What do you think?

Looks great Harry

Colour coded grille is a must-mod in my book, makes the MK2's look so much nicer.

Cheers Timmy.

I wanted to retain the 'stealth' look that naturally comes with having a silver vRS but also add a bit of contrast with the black grilles. I'm going to redo the grille surround though as I'm not 100% happy with the finish I achieved!

Very nice, its a shame the VRS's dont have colour coded grilles as standard, a few other manufacturers colour code their grilles on sport models, its like putting a badge marking them as sporty

Edited 25 July, 201015 yr by Rhoobarb

I like it. Nice work.

Was going to do my front grilles gloss black aswell but wasnt sure, and after seeing this picture i am positive they are getting done.

I'm going to redo the grille surround though as I'm not 100% happy with the finish I achieved!

I bottled it - my friend owns a body shop and did the surround for £40 - perfect finish. Was worth forking out for because I *would* have royally screwed it up

its a shame the VRS's dont have colour coded grilles as standard, a few other manufacturers colour code their grilles

Ahem, cough.

Ahem, cough.

True, but was more thinking

Maybe an odd statement but the less chrome, the more it stands out IMO.

tbh, I dont mind the newer MG's, I know some people hate them, but not having owned one Im going on looks alone here

Edited 25 July, 201015 yr by Rhoobarb

Looks good Harry.

Not as good as Carbon though :p

Cost me £12 to do this mod :p

When I have some more time I might consider the carbon wrap route. I quite like the stealth look tho - carbon might stand out a bit on silver.

Cost me £12 to do this mod :p

When I have some more time I might consider the carbon wrap route. I quite like the stealth look tho - carbon might stand out a bit on silver.

Cost me £28 for the roll which i still have a lot left so probably worked out about the same :p :p :p

I bottled it - my friend owns a body shop and did the surround for £40 - perfect finish. Was worth forking out for because I *would* have royally screwed it up

Ahem, cough.

True but the MG colour coded grilles were random as it depended whether Longbridge Larry could be bothered to mask off the bonnet!

Very nice, its a shame the VRS's dont have colour coded grilles as standard, a few other manufacturers colour code their grilles on sport models, its like putting a badge marking them as sporty

Putting a badge marking them as sporty, what, almost like putting a vRS badge on it?

Putting a badge marking them as sporty, what, almost like putting a vRS badge on it?

You missed the word 'like' at the begining which sort of defines the whole point of that sentence :wonder: and besides ther drivers cant always see the badge very well in the rear view mirror :p

Edited 25 July, 201015 yr by Rhoobarb

OP - nice touch

Looks really good, i would like to do the this but maybe not with a black car! Too much black might look a little odd!

On the contrary, and yes I am biased, I think the black ones look the best - really aggressive.

On the contrary, and yes I am biased, I think the black ones look the best - really aggressive.

Nuff said!!!

Grrrr....!

On the contrary, and yes I am biased, I think the black ones look the best - really aggressive.

Aye I think the colour coded grille only works on black cars. I did past and present black octy's but would not do any other colour.

Aye I think the colour coded grille only works on black cars. I did past and present black octy's but would not do any other colour.

like mine.........

http://i873.photobucket.com/albums/ab299/blackstars6969/DSC00655.jpg

http://i873.photobucket.com/albums/ab299/blackstars6969/DSC00654.jpg

http://i873.photobucket.com/albums/ab299/blackstars6969/DSC00657.jpg

http://i873.photobucket.com/albums/ab299/blackstars6969/DSC00653.jpg

Edited 26 July, 201015 yr by studmuffin

Hm - I was about to take the p*ss due to it being matt and not 'proper' colour coded, but it actually looks quite cool