Has anyone ever painted their chrome plastic grille?

[Jay87LX]

I am getting everything I need together to repair my rockers and paint my truck. It's an XLT so it has the chrome finish on the grille. I want to paint that the same as the body color. Has anyone ever done this and how did it hold up? What prep is involved?

 

[MoHawk]

It's just shiny paint. Scuff it as well as possible, and paint it, or, use a very light media blasting technique

 

[tonydiv]

Use an adhesion promoter (most auto parts stores have it) after you give it a light scuff. Then, prime, paint and clear coat and it should last a long time.

Dupli-Color :: Adhesion Promoter

If you don't use this stuff, chances are that the paint will flake off.

 

[Jay87LX]

Thanks

 

[rock3ralex]

Why not just drip it?

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[Nathanialson 08]

You can also find an Eddie Bauer grill from a wrecking yard for cheap and then paint it to match.

 

[carlos08]

+1 on using adhesion promoter. It is really a great stuff especially when doing plastidip.

 

[Static54]

Is adhesion promoter sometimes referred to as etch primer?