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Old 08-01-2003, 01:57 PM
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Refinishing the Grill On my Z28. PICS!

I decided to refinish my z28 grill this afternoon, it started to rain a lil so Im taking a break. I'll post my progress pics for you now, and in a lil bit I'll post the finished pics.

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Sanded holes/ridges away:



Filled holes:



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I thinking now Im gonna paint it solid red like the heritages were.
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I was just looking at the rest of your PIC's Verry nice looking Z.

IMO. Id paint it nice glossy black again and do the bowtie red.
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I think the red might look nice. I wonder how it would look all red with a black bowtie

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I'm thinking about making a cloan of this car here.

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I say keep it black with a red bowtie.....
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All done, I like it, we'll see how long I like it, if it starts to change I can just pull it back off and paint it black.

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looks good
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I think it will look better black but thats just my 2 cents
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I agree with making it black too, that front end needs some contrast to it.
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I agree with making it black too, that front end needs some contrast to it.
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would look better if the reds matched
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sweet car, i love the 91-92's with the hood blisters, red, and with those GFX and spoiler. nice car, and i like it red, but i say go with black heritage stripes and keep it all red with a black bowtie.
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would look better if the reds matched
Yeah I hear ya, thats gonna be the hardest part, finding a shade that matches better. The paint has been on the urathane since January 1990. Its obviously not as bright as the new stuff so I gotta search for another shade that matches better.


I think I am gonna leave it red. repaint the bow tie (looks like crap up close) and get some heritage stripes.
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if that matched the color of the car itd look really sweet. maybe paint the bowtie black kinda like a reverse color scheme
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I think black would look better, red makes it look like the 82-84 front ends looked.

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Doesn't look bad, but I think it would look better black to match with the headlight pockets.
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dosen't look bad....but I just like the look of the black in the front nose....looks more aggressive to me
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Filling license plate holes in the insert sure looks familiar. When I bought mine I didn't realize it had the holes in it, boy was that fun
I really like the all red look. When I redid mine, I painted it black on black, instead of doing the "camaro" in silver. It's cool cause from a distance you don't really notice it, but it's a nice "up close" kind of detail.
Are you going to put fog lights in, or something else at the back of the insert?
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Originally posted by 86FyrBrd
All done, I like it, we'll see how long I like it, if it starts to change I can just pull it back off and paint it black.
That's too much red IMO
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Originally posted by 84customZ28
dosen't look bad....but I just like the look of the black in the front nose....looks more aggressive to me
I agree, nice work though.
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I like black better. gives the front some character IMO. All red jsut looks too plain. I prefer black headlight pockets too and the grill seems out of place not being black with them.
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black grill = mean look

all camaro's that had some power to them had a blacked out grill.. another vote for black and red bowtie... whenever i see a black grill and a red bowtie, i think power... thats just a me thing i guess... maybe not.
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... another vote for black.
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Red doesnt look bad but I would also paint it black with a red bowtie.

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Originally posted by 86FyrBrd
Yeah I hear ya, thats gonna be the hardest part, finding a shade that matches better. The paint has been on the urathane since January 1990. Its obviously not as bright as the new stuff so I gotta search for another shade that matches better.
Try duplicolor's Cardinal red,sold at Walmart.It matched my Z's red paint quite well.
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sorry brian.... i don't care for the red grill.

it needs to contrast a bit, hence the black grill.

but kudos for trying something different.
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here ya go, same paint scheme, black grill

didn't go with the black head light pocket's though, might change that soon.
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