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Old Feb 22, 2013 | 12:30 PM
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My grill (95) is showing signs of age ( faded) and i want to paint it. I am stuck between flat black, color matched or a combination of both. Post up yours and give me some ideas. My jeep is moss green pearl.
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Old Feb 22, 2013 | 01:07 PM
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Old Feb 22, 2013 | 01:14 PM
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Left: Flat black looks like dirt to me so I went with semi-gloss black.
Right: My buddy's Jeep is flat black everywhere.

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Old Feb 22, 2013 | 10:23 PM
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I didn't paint mine, it came factory with colour matched bumpers, flares, grille, etc but one of the white headlight surrounds was broken when I bought it so I replaced them with the black ones from my parts XJ (thought of using the black grille too but decided I like this look).

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Old Feb 24, 2013 | 04:03 AM
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Chrome or go home no paint here
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Old Feb 24, 2013 | 04:12 AM
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Originally Posted by The Rooster
Chrome or go home no paint here
Chrome DONT get ya home!! Lol
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Old Feb 24, 2013 | 04:28 AM
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Old Feb 24, 2013 | 10:15 PM
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Originally Posted by NewJerseyXJ609

Chrome DONT get ya home!! Lol
Oh but it does
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Old Feb 24, 2013 | 10:33 PM
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Originally Posted by McCaffrey
Left: Flat black looks like dirt to me so I went with semi-gloss black.
Right: My buddy's Jeep is flat black everywhere.
How'd you guys paint yours?
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Old Feb 24, 2013 | 11:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Chuck82
How'd you guys paint yours?
For mine I removed the headlight bezels and grill, cleaned, sprayed on Rustoleum primer, and semi-gloss black. My buddy's is actually one of those budget professional shops.
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