Nissan Xterra Grille Painting

[hooRAH]

Hey guys,

My father's wife has this Xterra with the nasty green grille. If you've seen any Nissan truck recently, you'll notice the grilles oxidize and the plastic on the front turns green. Sorry I don't have a before shot of the grille on the car, but I do have a before shot of the grille. For her birthday, I decided to try a repaint on her grille.

Here's the grille after I took it out. I've started to sand the left side a little bit, the right side is how it came off the car.

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m286/ddombrowski/IMG_6088.jpg

Nastiness:

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m286/ddombrowski/IMG_6090.jpg

After a little more wetsanding:

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m286/ddombrowski/IMG_6096.jpg

One of the headlight covers after sanding vs. one after primer:

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m286/ddombrowski/IMG_6104.jpg

Car with no grille
http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m286/ddombrowski/IMG_6105.jpg

First coat:

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m286/ddombrowski/IMG_6112.jpg

First headlight cover installed:

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m286/ddombrowski/IMG_6122.jpg

Finished, reassembled

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m286/ddombrowski/IMG_6124.jpg
http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m286/ddombrowski/IMG_6125.jpghttp://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m286/ddombrowski/IMG_6127.jpg

[Seph540i]

Looks like new! Great job!

[ajnavo61490]

nice save man!