I picked up an IROC grill for my '89 RS today. Has some slight low/high areas. I was woundering if a filler would be good to use, then sanded/painted to make it smooth and nice? What would you do to properlly repair this?

(Notice on the passenger side opening (left in the picture) the off colour area, its like a gouge out of the actual surface)

 

I'm sure you could fill it and paint it but if you want it to look like new I'd say pick up a new one.

 

they are cheap to get off ebay now a days

 

still not as cheap as a bottle of glazing compound, some sandpaper and some flat black paint. ive glazed my hood louvers because the previous owner had some big scratches in it. i filled it and sanded it w/ 1000grit, then used the plastic adhesion prep and then painted flat black

 

Before I purchased new (I wanted the Camaro lettering to be in silver), I rattle-canned the old one. Looked pretty darned good.

JamesC

 

When I took off my "Camaro" grill in favor of the bow tie one, I restored it just for the hell of it. Some gloss black engine paint really livens it up. Then go to a hobby shop and get a silver paint marker and use that to color the "CAMARO" lettering. Came out nice, if I do say so myself.

 

I would, but I need a front plate Which is

 

I bought mine for like $60 bucks....and it seemed to have a few low spots in it. To me...it wasn't enough to worry about. One thing I did do was I painted it satin black and cut out an aluminum bowtie...
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Tackled the refinishing..

Condition of grill before (lots of spots like this) :

After slapping the spot puddy on :

Now, before paint smoooooth:


More pics when I get her painted to come! 8)

 

heres mine

 

Finished! Shiney eh I like how it turned out 8)

 

Looks Good.

I value my time so I bought a new one from the dealer for like $47 and some change.

 

this is how mine got to ...