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Painting Range Rover grill

  • 13-03-2011 6:48pm
    #1
    Bumpstop
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 279 ✭✭


    The grill on my (new to me) RR p38 was very badly faded, and was bugging me, I had tried a few back to black type products. Nothing really improved it though.

    So I decided today, to spray paint the grill, while I did a service on the car.
    The grill is easy to remove, 4 screws just under the bonnet, and 2 under the last vane of the grill beside each headlight.

    I masked up the Land Rover badge and the painted trim part. I left the parts under the headlight on and sprayed them on the car.

    The satin black may not be to everyones taste, but I think it looks okay certainly better than it did before.

    Before
    Before.JPG

    Grill off the car.( You can see that's ma sprayin' chair )
    grill.jpg

    Grill primed.

    Grikk prim.jpg

    Parts masked on car.

    Mask.JPG

    After.
    After.JPG


Comments

  • #2
    101sean
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,884 ✭✭✭101sean


    Nice job. That's a nice looking P38, never used to like them but growing on me now.

    Did the bumpers and plastic trim in satin black on my father's van but didn't bother with primer (it was a quick job to get him off my back :rolleyes:) and it still looks good six months later.


  • #3
    O.A.P
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,380 ✭✭✭O.A.P


    Nice work . I did all that 4 years ago on my defender but did not prim it either and it has faded again. The landrover badge on the grill clips off so no need to mask it up. Belive it or not peanut butter is better than any back to black product .


  • #4
    Bumpstop
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 279 ✭✭Bumpstop


    Good lord.

    O.A.P, I thought you were having a laugh about the peanut butter.:eek:
    It actually works really well, I tried it on the faded plastic door handles, it brought them up like new.:)
    Nice one.


  • #5
    steppen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 323 ✭✭steppen


    Looks great, good job


  • #6
    O.A.P
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,380 ✭✭✭O.A.P


    Bumpstop wrote: »
    Good lord.

    O.A.P, I thought you were having a laugh about the peanut butter.:eek:
    It actually works really well, I tried it on the faded plastic door handles, it brought them up like new.:)
    Nice one.
    Its a funny one alright :D
    The wife thought I was secretly making sandwiches in the shed when she found her long lost jar of the stuff among my tools.:p


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  • #7
    YouTookMyName
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,361 ✭✭✭YouTookMyName


    O.A.P wrote: »
    Nice work . I did all that 4 years ago on my defender but did not prim it either and it has faded again. The landrover badge on the grill clips off so no need to mask it up. Belive it or not peanut butter is better than any back to black product .

    Smooth or with nuts?


  • #8
    O.A.P
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,380 ✭✭✭O.A.P


    YouTookMyName wrote: »
    Smooth or with nuts?
    :p


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