FL Grill Coloured

[planehazza]

Hi all,

 

Has anyone colour coded their chrome grill surround on a silver FL VRS?  Tempted to take mine off and spray it a light anthracite/shadow chrome to match the black chrome wheels

[Timmyboy]

Slightly off topic Harry but do you have a pic of your wheels available please, and maybe a paint code? Mine are in for refurb later this month and I want to go dark but not black, but there are a confusing amount of paint options available...!

[planehazza]

Slightly off topic Harry but do you have a pic of your wheels available please, and maybe a paint code? Mine are in for refurb later this month and I want to go dark but not black, but there are a confusing amount of paint options available...!

 

Sure mate. I don't have a paint code, but they were done in Black Chrome (same as ChrisRS) by TWS. 

 

Images here: https://goo.gl/photos/rwT4y8jSm1qbm6Vt9

 

 

Edited 16 September, 2015 by planehazza

[Timmyboy]

Excellent - thanks. They look great on yours, I need a darker colour on my candy white I think.

[planehazza]

Excellent - thanks. They look great on yours, I need a darker colour on my candy white I think.

 

Perhaps.  Black Chrome fits all IMO, but on white you'd benefit from Shadow Chrome, or Anthracite IMO.  Don't go gloss black, I beg you  I like it, but it's the de facto colour that most go for on white ha

[planehazza]

Woops just realised I hadn't actually finished typing the OP, and now I can't edit it :/  What I meant to ask was does anyone have any photos of painted grills on a silver car? Would love some ideas!

[lanciadub]

use vinyl wrap , its a lot easier than trying to paint chrome .. and its reversible 

[planehazza]

use vinyl wrap , its a lot easier than trying to paint chrome .. and its reversible 

 

Would the chrome not get sanded off first though?

[Taxi_G]

Local bodyshop done mines for £40

[Timmyboy]

You can remove the chrome, it's a pain though. Most people just give it a good keying and prime/paint.

 

They do pick up stone chips very easily though once painted.

[whitep]

Painted grilles are so sexy, but mine is wrapped.

Edited 16 September, 2015 by whitep

[mikejay]

I just did the bottom of the grill and the silver bits next to fogs. Think a full black grill on silver is a bit much.

[marcinp]

Full black grill

[planehazza]

I just did the bottom of the grill and the silver bits next to fogs. Think a full black grill on silver is a bit much.

Looks epic!

Full black grill

As does this. Can't decide which I prefer! Edited 20 September, 2015 by planehazza

[mikejay]

This is another pic from farther away.

[Paulvrs200]

A picture of mine black bottom colour Keyed top [emoji3]

[mikejay]

A picture of mine black bottom colour Keyed top [emoji3]

Looks like we had the same idea lol

[planehazza]

I just did the bottom of the grill and the silver bits next to fogs. Think a full black grill on silver is a bit much.

Did you just mask it and spray it? Or is it wrapped>

[mikejay]

Wrapped mate.

[ahenners]

[pic]

A picture of mine black bottom colour Keyed top [emoji3]

 

That looks awesome!! I need this on my Race Blue!

[planehazza]

Has anyone paint the top bit, and left thin surround chrome? The main reason I want mine painted or wrapped is because the think is massively stone chipped.

[S41NT]

I just did the bottom of the grill and the silver bits next to fogs. Think a full black grill on silver is a bit much.

That looks quality!!

[planehazza]

Keep the ideas coming lads! Going to get some plastidip soon, thinking I need a dark colour like matt black, smoke, or some dark gun metal.  For the grill I think I need to do the opposite of this perhaps:

 

 

Instead of leaving the top chrome, I want to wrap that black/dark and leave the bottom half ( the U) chrome. Could be tempted to do the bottom lip also, as well as the Octavia badge on the back and maybe the spoiler

[planehazza]

Having a play around in Photoshop, but I'm not very good at it. What are peoples' thoughts on this?  It's not quite the right colour I want, but I like having just the thin bit of chrome visible...

 

Or from another angle, but this time, only the top half is darker...

Edited 7 May, 2016 by planehazza

[planehazza]

Anyone done their grill silver to match the car?