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Old 09-14-2003, 06:38 PM
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Default side grills behind front tire on T/A, should i paint it?

i have a red ws6 and i was thinking about painting those grills in the fenders behind the front wheels. i was thinking of painting it the color of my car, red, i was just wondering if anyone else has done this and how it looks?! post pics or let me know, thanks
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i wouldn't paint it the same color as the car
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yea i was just curious how it would look, i was gonna do same as the car or repaint them black. anyone have pics?
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Default Re: side grills behind front tire on T/A, should i paint it?

take em off and get a body shop to cut out the mounting points. Same with the hood.
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Whatever color.. NO!!
sorry, I'm done now
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take em off and get a body shop to cut out the mounting points. Same with the hood.
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Default Re: side grills behind front tire on T/A, should i paint it?

I painted mine silver on my blue firehawk...

It looks good...
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yeah i figured silver would look out of place on my red car with all the black trim
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I'm a bit confused about the removing the grills for moldings or w/e comment too. Anyway - chrome would like trick, want chrome ones? HUH HUH HUH?? Well PM me if you do.....
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i think he was talkin about taking out the grills and the little retainers or holders in there have them cut out so it looks clean
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Definately do silver. Silver goes with anything.... anything but silver and pewter anyway
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i just wanna see how it would look on a red one, i always see it on black. i think it would look weird on mine without that bird on the front and the silver lettering
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Definately do silver. Silver goes with anything.... anything but silver and pewter anyway
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Don't do red/red. Will look very IMO
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Default Re: side grills behind front tire on T/A, should i paint it?

yeah i didnt think red/red would look right just had to throw that out there. i just shined up the black ones and gloss coated it. looks good i guess lol i took out my ram air scoops a while back, they are still out i like the look makes the hood look bigger
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Default Re: side grills behind front tire on T/A, should i paint it?

Yea i meant get the part in the hood cut out, the part where the screw goes to hold in the grills in the nostrills. It kinda annoys me sometimes how when i look at these cars at certain angles. Its makes me think. Why the hell did GM do a half *** job by putting only 2 nostrils in when it was 4 holes. It would look bad to add grills to the bottom. So just take em all off, the hood and the sides. Then have a body shop clean eeything up so it looks like it came that way.



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