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Old 04-01-2014, 08:13 AM
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Plasti dip for the win lol I used it on my front grill too looks great but you have to take you time applying thin coats. The can version of plasti dip sometimes comes out a bit chunky which is why some people buy the plasti dip in the non-aresol version then use a recomended thinner and apply small thin coats then letting dry a bit at a time.
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Old 04-01-2014, 10:29 AM
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Plasti dip for the win lol I used it on my front grill too looks great but you have to take you time applying thin coats. The can version of plasti dip sometimes comes out a bit chunky which is why some people buy the plasti dip in the non-aresol version then use a recomended thinner and apply small thin coats then letting dry a bit at a time.
I plasti-dipped mine gunmetal (on silver). The front grilles have held up surprisingly well for the past year. The hood grilles, however, were a pain the the butt, and it's starting to bubble up pretty badly on the passenger side grille.
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Old 04-01-2014, 10:39 AM
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FYI - on the hood grills when you remove them to dip you may break some of the plastic clips that hold them in. The plastic gets brittle with age/weather. Same with some of the clips holding the windshield washer fluid tubes. The grill is actually 2 pieces. The top titanium piece and then a bottom black plastic leaf catcher piece. You may need new leaf catchers if your clips break when you remove to dip.

Go slowly when you remove the grills and hopefully nothing will break/snap on you. But, be prepared that you may need to buy new bottom pieces.

As others mentioned, this is reversible if you go with plasti dip so if you do not like it you can go back to titanium grills.

Good Luck!
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