The front lower grille on an iroc... were they originally painted in a semi gloss/flat finish or was it just raw black plastic?

 

They were just raw plastic with painted letters. At least that's what mine appear to be on my 87 & 89. When they were new they had a slight sheen but after years of UV exposure many of them tended to flatten out.
I remember painting some of them SEM trim black back in the mid 90's mostly because of blemishes rather than fading, but for sure some repainted ones out there too.

I am sure someone else will chime in to give more info on how much gloss they had originally.


Very high probability that there are some members on the forum with some NOS ones still in a box

 

I am looking for one.

 

I need one without screw holes and gold letters.

 

The gold letter version has been discontinued for decades. if you want a GM one, you likely have to try & find one with silver letters and figure out a way to paint them.

So many of them have had the front license plate bracket treatment, my cars included

 

I had my boss redo a few of mine at his body shop.He did them for free.
They filled in the ones with screw holes and repainted them.

 

Would you sell me one?