Repainting side grills ??
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Burning Brakes
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Repainting side grills ??
Anybody respray the side grills body color?
I need a respray of the front of the car .... and may get the side grills repainted as well.
What's the experiences here?
I need a respray of the front of the car .... and may get the side grills repainted as well.
What's the experiences here?
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I had my side grills painted silver a couple years ago and its holding up fine. No problems! I don't have a breakdown on the price though, I had other items painted at the same time.
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I took my side grills out and rattle-canned them silver. Total cost $4. It's held up and looks great, actually. Since they're textured and not enough light gets in there, you can't tell that it's a cheap rattle-can job.
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Burning Brakes
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I have not looked at how the grills come out, but ...... how do they come out??
I may spray them myowndamnself, too.
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#6
Burning Brakes
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Looks like there are some tabs on the slotted section of the grill. I tried to remove them last evening ... did not feel any tabs, tho.
All I got was filthy.
All I got was filthy.
#7
Burning Brakes
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BTW, each side is different. The passenger side is "open", but the driver's side is mostly closed. I wonder if they are functional in some way, or just "grills".
Still would like to know how to remove them for a spray.
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They are shaped differently for a reason. The drivers side is the air intake and the passenger side is the exhaust. I thought the same thing when I first noticed the difference in shape!
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Burning Brakes
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I still don't know how to remove the dang things. It appears they are just one piece .... but, I can't determine if there are clips or what. I don't wanna pull hard and have bits and pieces.
BTW .... the 2005+ are larger and different than previous Boxster models.
BTW .... the 2005+ are larger and different than previous Boxster models.