08 STI - painted grille and fog covers.

HRCboy · 02-15-2008, 05:53 PM

What do you guys think?

Painted grille and fog covers. I like the Grille... but still not sold on the fog covers... will put fogs eventually but just wanted to see what it looked like.

stock

Painted

twigg107 · 02-15-2008, 06:01 PM

looks good!!!

Mediumturbo · 02-15-2008, 06:15 PM

that turned out pretty good

JWA · 02-15-2008, 06:19 PM

I like the grill surround a lot, but the foglight covers don't do much for me.

Brand · 02-15-2008, 06:22 PM

I like the painted grill, I just did mine today as well!

NaoNao · 02-16-2008, 02:55 AM

The grille looks good, I may paint mine as well. Fog covers aren't bad either.

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Originally Posted by Brand

I like the painted grill, I just did mine today as well!

What kind of paint did you guys use?

CFar · 02-16-2008, 06:44 AM

looks better. The awkward part of the car (taillights have grown on me) is that black part of the front bumper. Very squared off and, ....90's. Painting it looks good.

I think a white grill would look good.

Also to access the tow hook for the front, you need to remove a small section that you appear to have painted over. Just an FYI if you need it in the future.

Brand · 02-16-2008, 09:18 AM

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Originally Posted by NaoNao

The grille looks good, I may paint mine as well. Fog covers aren't bad either.

What kind of paint did you guys use?

I used Krylon fusion gloss black (thought about matte but I'm happy with the gloss), because it's made specifically to bond with plastics. All I did was wipe the piece down with TSP and then gave it a few coats. Lots of thin coats to avoid drips and you should have no problems.

edit: I should add that I actually removed the grill from the car, and removed the piece from the grill. I'm not brave enough to try and mask it and avoid overspray onto my baby.

TITAN814 · 02-18-2008, 05:22 PM

dude looks great! can you do me a favor? i am planning on getting a 08 white sti on gold bbs's in the next few weeks.. can you post some pics of the rear of your car? i just want to see what it looks like with the tail lights.. thanks, derek

freeman · 02-18-2008, 05:36 PM

i like the painted grill.It looks much better than the stock grey one. I was thinking about doing the same from day one.

Where did you get it painted? Do you know roughly how much it would cost to only paint the grill?

HRCboy · 02-18-2008, 11:13 PM

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Originally Posted by freeman

i like the painted grill.It looks much better than the stock grey one. I was thinking about doing the same from day one.

Where did you get it painted? Do you know roughly how much it would cost to only paint the grill?

Got it done for free so I don't know how much it would cost.

HRCboy · 02-18-2008, 11:14 PM

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Originally Posted by TITAN814

dude looks great! can you do me a favor? i am planning on getting a 08 white sti on gold bbs's in the next few weeks.. can you post some pics of the rear of your car? i just want to see what it looks like with the tail lights.. thanks, derek

Here you go.

freeman · 02-18-2008, 11:17 PM

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Originally Posted by HRCboy

Got it done for free so I don't know how much it would cost.

Can you pm me a contact number? I'd like to get mine painted as well.

Brand · 02-19-2008, 06:55 AM

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Originally Posted by freeman

Can you pm me a contact number? I'd like to get mine painted as well.

Set aside 2 hours and buy an $6 can of spray paint. There are 8 push clips to remove, 4 tapping screws to pull the grill, and 3 screws to pull the badge surround part off of the grill. It's easy as hell as long as your hands/wrists fit behind the grill to pull those screws, otherwise you would need to drop the front bumper lip. Let me know if you want details/screw locations/etc.

HRCboy · 02-23-2008, 12:47 AM

Updated pic... also got a Cobb Accessport and DP installed last week. It's a must do... the car feels great like a different car all together. I will post results and review once I get my custom dyno tune next week.

02-15-2008, 05:53 PM	#1
HRCboy STI Driver Car: 08 STI and 07 R6 Location: Vancouver, Canada Posts: 230 Join Date: Dec 2007 Trader Rating: (0)	08 STI - painted grille and fog covers. What do you guys think? Painted grille and fog covers. I like the Grille... but still not sold on the fog covers... will put fogs eventually but just wanted to see what it looked like. stock Painted This ad is not endorsed by this member. Please register or login to hide this ad. Last edited by HRCboy : 02-23-2008 at 12:44 AM.

02-15-2008, 06:01 PM	#2
twigg107 Spec C Club Car: 08 DGM STI Fav Mod: Me..... Location: Vancouver, Wa Posts: 1,522 Join Date: Jun 2006 Trader Rating: (1)	Re: 08 STI - painted grille and fog covers. looks good!!!

02-15-2008, 06:15 PM	#3
Mediumturbo STI Driver Car: Black on Gold 08 STi Fav Mod: ... Location: Southern California Posts: 211 Join Date: Dec 2007 Trader Rating: (0)	Re: 08 STI - painted grille and fog covers. that turned out pretty good

02-15-2008, 06:19 PM	#4
JWA Senior STI Driver Posts: 301 Join Date: Mar 2007 Trader Rating: (3)	Re: 08 STI - painted grille and fog covers. I like the grill surround a lot, but the foglight covers don't do much for me.

02-15-2008, 06:22 PM	#5
Brand STI Driver Car: DGM 08 STI Fav Mod: cobb AP Location: Denver Posts: 297 Join Date: Jan 2008 Trader Rating: (1)	Re: 08 STI - painted grille and fog covers. I like the painted grill, I just did mine today as well!

02-16-2008, 06:44 AM	#7
CFar Grassroots STI Racer Location: NOVA Posts: 570 Join Date: Jun 2006 Trader Rating: (1)	Re: 08 STI - painted grille and fog covers. looks better. The awkward part of the car (taillights have grown on me) is that black part of the front bumper. Very squared off and, ....90's. Painting it looks good. I think a white grill would look good. Also to access the tow hook for the front, you need to remove a small section that you appear to have painted over. Just an FYI if you need it in the future.

02-18-2008, 05:22 PM	#9
TITAN814 Amateur STI Driver Car: CTS-V Location: the 480 Posts: 37 Join Date: Sep 2007 Trader Rating: (0)	Re: 08 STI - painted grille and fog covers. dude looks great! can you do me a favor? i am planning on getting a 08 white sti on gold bbs's in the next few weeks.. can you post some pics of the rear of your car? i just want to see what it looks like with the tail lights.. thanks, derek

02-18-2008, 05:36 PM	#10
freeman Junior STI Driver Car: 08 STI Fav Mod: Driver Location: Vancouver Posts: 161 Join Date: Jan 2008 Trader Rating: (0)	Re: 08 STI - painted grille and fog covers. i like the painted grill.It looks much better than the stock grey one. I was thinking about doing the same from day one. Where did you get it painted? Do you know roughly how much it would cost to only paint the grill?

02-23-2008, 12:47 AM	#15
HRCboy STI Driver Car: 08 STI and 07 R6 Location: Vancouver, Canada Posts: 230 Join Date: Dec 2007 Trader Rating: (0)	Re: 08 STI - painted grille and fog covers. Updated pic... also got a Cobb Accessport and DP installed last week. It's a must do... the car feels great like a different car all together. I will post results and review once I get my custom dyno tune next week. This ad is not endorsed by this member. Please register or login to hide this ad.