04-08-2018, 12:43 AM | #1 |
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Spray Painting Kidney Grills
Been wanting to swap to a black kidney grill and side markers since day one of me having the car, but due to having night vision option I was unable to find pre made black ones, IND do offer black double slatted kidney grill (M6 style) which also has the night vision bracket at a cost of $370 USD and $230 USD for the side markers, on top of that I was unable to confirm if the double slatted M6 grills they sell would fit my night vision camera, which resulted in some DIY.
Pretty happy w the results, I do want to explore switching to double slatted grills in the future if I can find out if the night vision bracket is a direct fit |
04-08-2018, 07:45 AM | #2 |
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Looks good,, what did you do with the Crome,, sand it??
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04-08-2018, 11:37 AM | #4 |
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I only sanded lightly with 600 to make the surface rough, I was too lazy to completely sand the chrome off, and those tabs are really flimsy the longer u sand the more chance you have in breaking them tabs.
I dont think I will have bonding issues as long as there is primer or adhesion agents. |
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06-08-2018, 10:51 PM | #9 |
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How did you get the kidney grills out ? Are there any screws or they just all tabs?
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06-09-2018, 12:11 AM | #10 |
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u have to remove screws on the upper front bumper to get a the kidney grill tabs from behind, there are plenty of videos online, F10 5 series is pretty much the same so you can look at those videos too
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06-09-2018, 09:22 AM | #11 |
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Ok thanks
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06-09-2018, 11:16 AM | #12 |
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liking this, think i will do the same on my own, any chance of a frontal shot of the grills on car
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here ya go
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06-10-2018, 04:40 AM | #14 |
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yep confirmed, im going that way. prefer the look to the double slats
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