I have not been able to find a shop selling a standard grill surround just colour coded with standard skoda badge etc not removed or changed in any way other than colour!! does it super skoda has a range of badge-less ones but not what im after. Does anyone know of a shop online I am not seeing ????

I have not been able to find a shop selling a standard grill surround just colour coded with standard skoda badge etc not removed or changed in any way other than colour!! does it super skoda has a range of badge-less ones but not what im after. Does anyone know of a shop online I am not seeing ????

I might have a solution to your problem, but I'm still trying out a few ideas until then

I might have a solution to your problem, but I'm still trying out a few ideas until then

oh oh oh tell me tell me????

Maybe I am picking you up wrong, but are you looking for a STANDARD FL front grille surround with the round skoda badge at the top (the bit that is chrome on your car just now) but colour-coded to match your car?

If so then I don't think such a product exists - you need to do it yourself. Either put it into a bodyshop and get them to colour-code the existing grille surround, or buy another one from a Skoda dealers (which I think is about £45 inc. VAT) and get it colour-coded then swap them over.

You also need to buy a new badge (which is around £12 or £13) as (I've found anyway) the adhesive that holds them on comes apart when you remove the old badge.

Changing over the grille surrounds takes maybe half an hour, it's quite fiddly pulling the inner black plastic bit out of the surround and you need to take it slowly.

Maybe I am picking you up wrong, but are you looking for a STANDARD FL front grille surround with the round skoda badge at the top (the bit that is chrome on your car just now) but colour-coded to match your car?

If so then I don't think such a product exists - you need to do it yourself. Either put it into a bodyshop and get them to colour-code the existing grille surround, or buy another one from a Skoda dealers (which I think is about £45 inc. VAT) and get it colour-coded then swap them over.

You also need to buy a new badge (which is around £12 or £13) as (I've found anyway) the adhesive that holds them on comes apart when you remove the old badge.

Changing over the grille surrounds takes maybe half an hour, it's quite fiddly pulling the inner black plastic bit out of the surround and you need to take it slowly.

yea thats exactly what im looking for but was hoping to find a shop selling this pre made so all i need to do is swap them rather than trying to find somewhere to match it or use the race blue colour code. I am lazy like that I have seen ones on super skoda but they are all de-badged :(

Maybe i've just had a bad experience, but I wouldn't bother. I had mine colour-coded, by a bodyshop i've been using for nearly 20 years, and the paint on the grille surround is chipping VERY easily. I've had to put touch-up paint on 5 chips this week alone.

Not happy, as I really like the surround colour-coded, but I think I am going to have to go back to the chrome surround.

Unless anyone has any better ideas?

I'd get a proper surround from a dealer, then put it into a bodyshop. That's easier and less hassle than getting a 'ready-made' from SuperSkoda, and certainly quicker as well!

On the chipping issue, I'd try a coat of sealant then some durable wax on it, Collinite 476 for example. That should hopefully add some protection. But it's obviously in a vulnerable place, so marks are inevitable really. You'll see the same on the chrome grille, with pits and small marks appearing - it's just not as noticeable against the reflective chrome finish.

I bought a new surround and it's in the bodyshop just now being painted so I can fit it as soon as I get the car.

Not so good to hear it chips easily :(

Maybe i've just had a bad experience, but I wouldn't bother. I had mine colour-coded, by a bodyshop i've been using for nearly 20 years, and the paint on the grille surround is chipping VERY easily. I've had to put touch-up paint on 5 chips this week alone.

Not happy, as I really like the surround colour-coded, but I think I am going to have to go back to the chrome surround.

Unless anyone has any better ideas?

What about getting it wrapped. A decent company should be able to do pretty much any colour you want.

What about getting it wrapped. A decent company should be able to do pretty much any colour you want.

This is what I am doing at the moment, although matching the colours is proving taxing.

Well, mine is rather a long story.

1. Bought new grille surround from Skoda dealer, and put it into local bodyshop to get painted. Get it back a few days later, bodyshop owner tells me paint is liable to chip

2. Give painted grille surround to local paint protection film guy, who wraps the grille surround with his clear film

3. Fit grille to the car. A few days later I spot a couple of areas where either the paint under the film has been damaged (I assumed at the time it was because he'd heated the film up and somehow managed to damage the paint with the heatgun) or the film itself is not right.

4. Because of 3 (above) I put the original grille surround into the same bodyshop to get colour-coded. When it has been done it is fitted to the car almost straight away.

5. I then peel off some of the paint protection film that was applied to the 1st grille surround. I find that the paint is undamaged, it must have been water or dirt that got underneath the film.

6. I then drive around with the freshly-painted grille surround for a couple of weeks, and it's all chipped to buggery.

7. I then decide to get the first grille surround cleaned up and get the film re-applied. I remove the last pieces of the original film, only to end up removing a flake of white paint at the corner!

So - I now have two white grille surrounds - one on the car which has NO paint protection film but is all chipped, one off the car that DID have the paint protection film but now has a small area where the paint has lifted!

I intend to persevere (spelling?) with this a bit longer before I throw the towel in and go back to chrome. Wrapping in a white vinyl is out of the question for me unless I can get a pretty-much perfect colour match, which is doubtful but not impossible I suppose.

I think I am going to put the grille surround that has the small flake missing into the bodyshop this week to get re-painted, then find someone else who can wrap it with the paint protection film properly, even if that means posting it down to someone in England.

When the first colour-coded grille was fitted it never chipped once, so the paint protection film seemed to be doing a good job, I think all my issues have stemmed from the guy who didn't fit it properly!

So - IF you are going to get your chrome grille surround painted I would recommend finding someone that comes highly recommended to wrap it with the paint protection film BEFORE you fit it to your car.

Oobster, any interest in selling your spare, stonechipped one?

Oobster, any interest in selling your spare, stonechipped one?

Just a thought but paint is always going to flake off of chrome.

The only way to prevent this is to ensure the chrome is first keyed with fine grit paper, then an etch paper primer must be used which will bite into the remaining chrome. This creates a firm base for the paint to adhere too. Finally a couple of coats of thick lacquer will provide a degree of stone chip protection. End result grille won't chip any greater than the rest of the front of the car.

The downside is that this all amounts to a lot of prep, which the average body shop won't want to do as it it can be fiddly. And if you insist it's likely to be pricey although chepaer than having it re-painted often.

Edited 7 April, 201115 yr by Dan99

The bodyshop i had mine done in used a soft lacquer to prevent chips, worked really well.

Wrapping the FL grill is hard. Not impossible though.

Just a thought but paint is always going to flake off of chrome.

The only way to prevent this is to ensure the chrome is first keyed with fine grit paper, then an etch paper primer must be used which will bite into the remaining chrome. This creates a firm base for the paint to adhere too. Finally a couple of coats of thick lacquer will provide a degree of stone chip protection. End result grille won't chip any greater than the rest of the front of the car.

The downside is that this all amounts to a lot of prep, which the average body shop won't want to do as it it can be fiddly. And if you insist it's likely to be pricey although chepaer than having it re-painted often.

If it's done properly, there would not be any chrome on the grille, before the primer/paint process is begun. Even on a home DIY job the grille should be dipped in bleach for a day or two, to completely remove it.

Agree on the lacquer coats and if done right it should be fine. Just that it's in one of the worse places for getting hit with stones and debris anyway! I would then add a layer of sealant and a few coats of a decent hard-wearing wax, to protect it as much as possible

does anyone have a part number handy for the grill surround and badge from skoda I feel a new front look coming on

does anyone have a part number handy for the grill surround and badge from skoda I feel a new front look coming on

I think it's in the useful part numbers thread.

I know mine aint the facelift but while painting the wheels i decided to do the grill the same gunmetal colour and as above i rubbed it down with 320 grit paper (wet) and then upol etch primer and then 2 coats of paint before laquer. Cant see it being any weaker than the paint on the car now. PS was able to unclip the top part of the grill easy enough to enable me to mask the grill centre easily without having to take the bottom of the grill off that has sticky pads along it (might be another way of completely removing but didnt wanna risk it and easy enough)

If it's done properly, there would not be any chrome on the grille, before the primer/paint process is begun. Even on a home DIY job the grille should be dipped in bleach for a day or two, to completely remove it.

Agree on the lacquer coats and if done right it should be fine. Just that it's in one of the worse places for getting hit with stones and debris anyway! I would then add a layer of sealant and a few coats of a decent hard-wearing wax, to protect it as much as possible

Amen to that, mine clearly wasn't fully stripped, my guess is they just keyed the chrome as the numerous chips show it! I still can't understand why the grill isn't coded from the factory on the vRS as with cars like the VXR etc, then they could sell a primered version of the grill for people who wish to change it.....just a thought!