Thread: new look for the grill

i cant drop the front plate bracket. missorui requires 2 plates. i just got the car so i havnt gotten my plates yet. the gxp badges will be black and red. i think your right though. the gm badges will probably just go away. all the other badges are gone except the front pontiac badge. as you can see.

let me do some quick pics and ill show you.

ok. so i took all the pins out of the top of the bumper


this allowed me to pull the bumper out to reach the back of the grill. the grill pops in with a wedge type prong on the back.

just reach in and push them out.

once out you will be able to tell how the chrome ring pops off. i used 180 grit paper and sanded it. then wiped it with alcohol, painted it with gloss black paint and let it dry over night. pops right back in.

removed the front plate bracket and looks a million better. now i just need to figure out how to fill the holes in the bumper.

Wow, dropped the bumper cover? When I took out my grilles to wire my driving lights I just pulled the grilles straight out. They are held into the bumper with plastic clips.

no i didnt drop it all together. i just popped out the top pins so i can reach my hand in there.

You should debadge the GM chicklets, not paint them. I did this and have inlays in my GXP badges.

Truck is much different than stock as well. Post some pics when you're done so we can see.

Originally Posted by VDV18

You should debadge the GM chicklets, not paint them.

Truck is much different than stock as well.

i took off the gm badges and gxp badges. i'm going to paint the gxp badges black and red. then decide to re-install them


truck?

Originally Posted by f3racer

i took off the gm badges and gxp badges. i'm going to paint the gxp badges black and red. then decide to re-install them


truck?

Sounds good. Debadge the 'GRAND PRIX' for sure.

already done. as of right now there are no badges except the pontiac arrow on the front.

Sounds good, post pics when you're finished. I'd like to see it.

Originally Posted by f3racer

removed the front plate bracket and looks a million better. now i just need to figure out how to fill the holes in the bumper.

fukkin sexxxxxx would look way cooler if the star in the arrow head was black too....get a model car paint brush and make it happen

roger that sir!!

btw to fill the holes you can get small plastic panel push pins from the auto store and paint them glass black then push them right in and your next project should be some all black retrofitted headlights

Originally Posted by f3racer

i took off the gm badges and gxp badges. i'm going to paint the gxp badges black and red. then decide to re-install them


truck?

Damn, I just realized I put 'truck' instead of 'trunk'
No wonder you didn't know what the hell I was talking about.

i have an idea for my reverse lights that im going to try. cut out some pontiac arrows and place them over the reverse lights. then paint the whole assembly black.

black star

debadged

did you paint that on the outside? or did you take the time to peel the emblem apart and paint the inside of the emblem, then put it back together?

outside that way if i screwed it up i could use to thinner to take it off.

what ive seen people do is taking the badge apart, scraping off the paint on the inside, then painting it their colors of choice. then the outside is stock and the inside is painted custom. i think it looks great either way, just wondered which way you took.