Yesterday's paintjob

[crazycanuck]

Alright, with the lack of 07 grills out there (SSG, get your ass on it! haha), I was getting really sick of my front.

So I decided to do a quick paint job. Crappy camera phone pics; it looks better in person. Might not be everyone's cup of tea, but if you like it, you can use it as an interim grill until they start producing nice 07 sedan grills.

Painted a trim around the grill and emblem; also a trim around the bottom grill. All in red.

http://torontomazda3.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=21&pictureid=118

http://torontomazda3.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=21&pictureid=119

http://torontomazda3.com/forum/picture.php?pictureid=120&albumid=21


Finished Grill
http://torontomazda3.com/forum/picture.php?pictureid=121&albumid=21

http://torontomazda3.com/forum/picture.php?pictureid=122&albumid=21

http://torontomazda3.com/forum/picture.php?pictureid=123&albumid=21


Final on car

http://torontomazda3.com/forum/picture.php?pictureid=124&albumid=21


What do you guys think? I removed my front license plates while I was at it. Will mount plate on grill.

[Cozwell]

pics are not showing

[crazycanuck]

Go to my public profile on here.

Don't think newbie level can view the pics externally.


pics are not showing

[b]

Here you go.

http://www.torontomazda3.ca/forum/picture.php?albumid=21&pictureid=121

http://www.torontomazda3.ca/forum/picture.php?albumid=21&pictureid=123

http://www.torontomazda3.ca/forum/picture.php?albumid=21&pictureid=122

http://www.torontomazda3.ca/forum/picture.php?albumid=21&pictureid=124

http://www.torontomazda3.ca/forum/picture.php?albumid=21&pictureid=118

http://www.torontomazda3.ca/forum/picture.php?albumid=21&pictureid=120

[Tokic_o]

i cant see the pics either?

[Mafty]

hard to tell how it looks because of the poor quality pics, but i think it holds some promise to look good, id paint the chrome part body color tho

[5_Alive]

Weird? I can see them fine.. I like the Q-tip stylus, nice touch man!
I'm surprised you haven't cut out the honey-comb and kept it open-mouthed..

[crazycanuck]

You know, I thought about that.

My plan was to originally paint every chrome part body colour. But it's been over done and wanted to try something new instead.


hard to tell how it looks because of the poor quality pics, but i think it holds some promise to look good, id paint the chrome part body color tho

[crazycanuck]

Heh, didn't want to take out the bumper for a trim paint. So I had to be really careful not to get any paint on the bumper.

Toothbrush was too big, but the Q-tip worked wonders!

One of my fears is a rock flying into my engine bay, so I'm out with the honeycomb there for now.


Weird? I can see them fine.. I like the Q-tip stylus, nice touch man!
I'm surprised you haven't cut out the honey-comb and kept it open-mouthed..

[3GFX]

I wouldn't have done behind the emblem. But the bottom look good GTI ish.

[crazycanuck]

heh. Good thing about DYI on cheap material is: if you don't like it, sand it down and start over!


I wouldn't have done behind the emblem. But the bottom look good GTI ish.

[Tokic_o]

look at that half empty bacardi behind ur grille :chuckle

and chinese newspaper + tamiya spray paint? pmall eh lol

nice work nonetheless!

[--StayFly--]

I wouldn't have done behind the emblem. But the bottom look good GTI ish.

+1 on the GTI ish:chuckle

[crazycanuck]

haha nah. I used spray paint from crappy tire.

Chinese newspapers was just more readily available around the house.


look at that half empty bacardi behind ur grille :chuckle

and chinese newspaper + tamiya spray paint? pmall eh lol

nice work nonetheless!

[bj21]

were you drinking when you decided to do this?

:chuckle

[crazycanuck]

hahaha, maybe.

It's a divided mix, some people that have seen it think it makes the car look real sporty. Others think it's a big tacky and unclean.

Will try to get better pics to do it more justice.


were you drinking when you decided to do this?

:chuckle

[RallyPlaya]

A Pic of it on the Car will give me a better idea..... what i did was simply buy the 08.5 grill for my 07 colour matched black for 55$ .... youre kinda going for the GTI look .... looking forward to seeing the grill on the Car

[matt9]

I see no pics..

[dentinger]

meh, im really not feeling it.

you should just done what i did, and paint the chrome part and badge black.

[crazycanuck]

Personally I like the new chrome style on the 07s as opposed to the black ones on the older models.


meh, im really not feeling it.

you should just done what i did, and paint the chrome part and badge black.

[b3GS]

meh, im really not feeling it.

you should just done what i did, and paint the chrome part and badge black.

+1

[Nextmod]

the whole red and black thing is getting out of hand lol

[crazycanuck]

hhaha!

Update: I've decided to paint the chrome carbon grey to match the body. I borrowed my g/f's camera, so gonna take better pics this time!



the whole red and black thing is getting out of hand lol