z28camaross2

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So I bought a black billet grille on eBay looks the exact same as 6le's and is great quality except the part is powder coated black. And Being skimpy on washing the car through out the winter I just thought the grille was really dirty , after a full Sunday of detailing (pics up soon)with m105/m205 I noticed even after washing and trying 105 on the grill it still looks oxicidized and grey? Best option to just sand it , paint it gloss black and clear it?

6LITEREATER

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^^Probably not actually powdercoated (assuming you bought an ebay cheapo). They use crap paint and crap prep so it does that. You'll need to have it all sandblasted off and then powdered or painted...

jsteele90

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Plastidip ftw. Mine did the same thing. It looks better blacked out with my blue bowtie

SparkyJJO

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Yeah sounds like it was painted with cheap paint, not powder coated.

LPE 403

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Non UV material = fail. Plastic dip = bigger fail.

Black chrome or powder, ftw!

CamaroSS27

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Ya they are shitty I have had one off ebay.

blackpala96

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I understand powdercoating is the way to go, but some of us(like myself) do not have access to a powdercoater. I say sand it really well and get a good paint, primer and clear from your local home center and enjoy making your part look better yourself. Will it hold up as well as powdercoating, probably not, but if you need to touch it up later it's just 4 screws and the same process as before.

Oh and while I like plasti-dip as well, use a gloss black... it will look better than the flat black that plasti-dip gives you.