Im getting a 97 Civic in March from my mom

The whole bumper is painted white, but i want the grille to be black. Do i spray it with a flat black?

 

spray it with trim paint to give it that oem black look

 

alright thanks man!

 

no problem

i use DupliColor Bumper Coating which is trim paint..

 

I will have to strip the paint off right? What do you recommend? Thanks for any help

 

you can just scuff the paint off with a scotch pad (red or grey), or you can sand it with 800 grit sandpaper

 

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Exactly! Except I would use a 320 grit (buy a multi pack of sandpaper, comes with one sheet of each grade), because I personally think 320 will scuff it up nice enough to not "marr" or scratch the plastic too bad. Of course this is personal opinion, others will say different which is perfectly OK. Whichever floats your boat.

Make sure you mask off everything you dont want painted very well, as you know the prep work is 90 percent of the battle to reach a good outcome. Then you'll be good to go! I wouldnt use a clearcoat either since you want the flat black oem look.

Good luck!

 

thanks for the reply guys! helped a lot