Thinking about painting grill black

As the title says, actually thinking about painting all the chrome trim black. Im not a huge fan of chrome and and was thinking this would look pretty "tough" when paired with the rims I had in mind:

The car is green. tell me what you think,

I think it's great idea. I'm almost certain to do it too.I think it would make the car look fuller!

I think it would look awesome on a green car! When i bought my first Riv, the grill was blacked out and it looked terrible (the car was black. No contrast. Ugly). It would look sweet on any other color Riv though. Especially if you tinted the turn signals!

...yeah,maybe flat black!

Currently painting it with satin Krylon Fusion paint. here it is so far, can't wait to get it on the car!

That looks dope!

That looks great! I did mine flat with the "R" in gloss. Came out nice. Can't wait to see pics on the car.

Or maybe leave the -R- emblem in chrome

stan wrote:

Or maybe leave the -R- emblem in chrome

I thought about that but figured it might look alittle weird with the R kinda floating in the center

wow... the script in black looks crazy good, but my car is white and I never thought of that

I'm actually headed outside to pull off everything to repaint them. I'm not doing the entire grill in black, probably just the logo and the fins to match.

How did you all get the gunk off from under the badges? Just degreaser and time?

matt270avian wrote:

How did you all get the gunk off from under the badges? Just degreaser and time?

It actually came off pretty easy with just my fingernails, it was still soft and pliable

Alright. Mine just finished drying. I went for the stock gold because I'm just not to sure about black. How did you put them back on? Double sided tape?

Im researching that right now. Apparently the 3m emblem adhesive (liquid) has been known to melt paint so that out of the question, and from what im seeing, double sided tape is the preferred method

I used the 3M trim adhesive to reattach the supercharged emblem on my car and it worked fine. One thing I did was allow the adhesive to get tacky prior to placing on the car, that way I didn't get any runs. Also, tape off the area where you want to put it so you know it will be level and exactly where you want it.

HTH

We used black silicon adhesive. It seems to be working pretty well (might even be what they used from the factory?). I have them covered with painters tape to keep them held down until it dries.

matt270avian wrote:

We used black silicon adhesive. It seems to be working pretty well (might even be what they used from the factory?). I have them covered with painters tape to keep them held down until it dries.

From what I've read the factory uses a die-cut piece of double-sided tape. However I like the silicone idea as it is easy to apply and not as invasive as hardcore adhesive.  I would imagine trying to cut piece of double-sided tape to fit the narrow "Riviera" emblem will be a PITA. I might still try the 3m adhesive, perhaps letting it semi-dry to get tacky like Rick mentioned will help it from damaging the paint

What about the regular 3M tape ,I think it's pretty strong ,plus GM used similar tape for the OnStar antennas and I still see them glued no problem.

Nice grocery-getter!  

stan wrote:

What about the regular 3M tape ,I think it's pretty strong ,plus GM used similar tape for the OnStar antennas and I still see them glued no problem.

The 3M double sided tape that is grey with the red covering works really well I hear. I have used it for other applications and it's very strong and not to bulky like the standard foam tape

AA wrote:

Nice grocery-getter!  

I see what you did there  

Yes Todd ,that's exactly what I meant.The grey doublesided 3M tape with the red covering .I taped my mailbox to the front door 8 years ago with that 3M and still.....the mailbox is on my door outside,summer/winter,rain/shine ...no problem.That shit is strong.