Painting Upper Grill Trim Piece

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March-5th-2003, 12:54 PM

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N2OInferno

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No, wait! You can keep that idea.. You just have to do this to your car too.

Edited for the billionth time.. Follow THIS link..

http://community.webshots.com/album/65571146knFjXi

Maybe this will work. :/

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March-5th-2003, 01:39 PM

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like that?

March-5th-2003, 01:51 PM

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Quote:

Originally posted by N2OInferno
No, wait! You can keep that idea.. You just have to do this to your car too.

Edited for the billionth time.. Follow THIS link..

http://community.webshots.com/album/65571146knFjXi

Maybe this will work. :/

Hahaha! Nice job with Photoshop. I like how you lowered the car and kept the shading over the flames.

March-5th-2003, 01:52 PM

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derrick1623.
Nice job with matching the paint on the trim. Did you use Duplicolor and a clear coat?

March-5th-2003, 03:33 PM

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Yes Derek like that. It looks good... do you know if you can take off the Mazda logo? Or you couldn't and thats why you painted it black?

March-5th-2003, 04:52 PM

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my logo was off because i got the grill and emblem at different times...(i had a small fender bender and thats why i got a new grill)

March-5th-2003, 04:55 PM

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Oh thats not the emblem? Its just the template? Do you know if you can remove that and just leave it all mesh?

March-5th-2003, 11:31 PM

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Oh thats not the emblem? Its just the template? Do you know if you can remove that and just leave it all mesh?

No. The plastic outline you see in his pictre is molded into the grill. YO have to go all mesh like me to get rid of the emblem, although I did keep mine.

March-6th-2003, 12:33 AM

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you can buy the factory prepainted piece that matches your car's color

March-6th-2003, 12:38 AM

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you can buy the factory prepainted piece that matches your car's color

Why would Mazda sell the pieces already painted? Do the JDM Pro's have them? I haven't really noticed...

March-6th-2003, 02:10 AM

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because they do.... how do I know? who cares... it's better for them to anyway... yes, the new jdm ones now do

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Why would Mazda sell the pieces already painted? Do the JDM Pro's have them? I haven't really noticed...

March-6th-2003, 09:19 PM

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you can buy the factory prepainted piece that matches your car's color

from where? dealer? They couldnt even get me a strut tower bar...

March-7th-2003, 10:24 AM

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Hey guys... What about just putting vinyl on it. I did that to match my Sunlight Silver color and it look great ! It even have the same reflexion property than my car

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Just my 2 cents ...

March-9th-2003, 12:45 PM

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Hey guys... What about just putting vinyl on it. I did that to match my Sunlight Silver color and it look great ! It even have the same reflexion property than my car !

Just my 2 cents ...

Why vinyl when you can just paint it? It's not that expensive to get it painted.

You got pics?

March-9th-2003, 09:46 PM

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its winter here so my car isnt really clean... but Im gonna wash it this week and try to take some pics meanwhile ... I'll post them as soon as I got them !