Whats The Best Way To Black Out The Chrome Window Trim / Front Grille?

[fatjoez]

Hey guys

I want to black out the car

Whats the best way to

black the chrome window trim

black the front grille

Ideas / pricing indication anything cheers

END goal:

[ilv1004s]

you can get wrap the grille

or you can CF wrap it using 3m CF wrap

[fatjoez]

with the grille i was considering buying an aftermarket one cause i dont like the design either.

I'd like the F-Sport grille

But what about window trim, what do i do there

[k2sty1]

grill, you can paint if you want (like i did, but i did mine the same colour as the car, SGM, paint was mixed at autobarn, it costs 18$)

but if you paint it, it'll chip and you'll have to paint it again, im gonna get it painted properly at a mates shop

i've also painted the front and rear emblems matte black

with the window trim im gonna get it painted when the grill goes in for paint

i really like the mudered out theme on that IS, only if my car was black...

[fatjoez]

grill, you can paint if you want (like i did, but i did mine the same colour as the car, SGM, paint was mixed at autobarn, it costs 18$)

but if you paint it, it'll chip and you'll have to paint it again, im gonna get it painted properly at a mates shop

i've also painted the front and rear emblems matte black

with the window trim im gonna get it painted when the grill goes in for paint

i really like the mudered out theme on that IS, only if my car was black...

haha cool someone doing the same thing

sweet yea I actually want one of those Honeycomb golf style grilles, the slanted ones stock are ugly

did you change your grill at all or just paint etc

[k2sty1]

i just painted the stock grill

i also dont like the vertical stock grill

thinking of doign a custom mesh style grill like the bottom grill but with finer mesh, me and my friend are making one for his SV6 and based on the outcome i might do one for the IS250

painting the grill would the best option if your cars not black, but wrapping is better IMO if your cars black cause it wont stand out as much (i painted mine cause its hard to find vinyl that is in the SGM colour)

might try getting some white vinyl and painting that SGM and wrap it

i'll update when i do it!

[fatjoez]

oh cool cool

yea cause i was thinking if i buy a grille off ebay or whatever it'll probably not have those chrome surrounds anyway so yea il probs go down that track first

I like the ISF style grille you even see them on toyota aurions now