Well, after i installed the JDM Front after a front end collision, I realized that the body messed up the front end's paint! The black vents were painted Yellow! This happened to my friend Steve as well. We both got into an accident a week apart so we decided on the JDM front to be installed at the same place. He got his grills painted black but i just left it alone. I didn't care too much about it but on the Chicagoland BBQ thread, Superdave offered to help me with painting the front end. Well, Mugen76 offered to help and since he's only 5 minutes away from me, we made it a night to work on it since we both don't really have anything left on our car's to Toy with.

We ran into a few problems at first. We had " Satin Black " spray paint and that was a bit too glossy. AJChen Stopped by and we all agreed that it looked like Nail Polish cause it was so Shiny. I ended up making a trip out to the Suburbs ( Chicago does not sell Spray paint because of Graffiti Control ) and got some Flat black Spray Paint. After a good 2 hours of time, we got it done!
Here are some Before and After pics!

My car and Steve's Car right after we got it out of the body shop.





After!






I need the whole bumper repainted but **** it. Its just a bumper. battle Scars Yo!

Thanks to Mugen76 ( Al ) for helping me out with this.

 

much better looking with black grill

 

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Looks waaaay better! It took 2 hours but worth it. My bumper's so beat up, thats the cleanest part of the bumper, the grills!
hahaha, Thanks!!

We're the DIY kings!!

 

Nice job

 

much better

 

 

man, the jdm front end looks such much better than the usdm one. good job

 

much much better

 

I'm not familiar with JDM front ends. Can you remove the grill or did you have to mask to paint it black?

 

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Now looks like the real thing!

 

Nice Accord

But yeah, the black-painted version looks much better.

 

I wonder why so many body shops do that.

I see a lot of USDM front ends that have been painted that way too.

 

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Now looks like the real thing!

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I wish my car was in that condition. I drove my R to NYC, NJ, and MD then back to CHicago. NYC had the worst roads. Most of the scratches and dings came from NYC. I don't care, im not a car bitch. Im in Chicago, we get owned by Pot Holes and Road debris. I'd rather not spend the money to get the front repainted when i can spend it on something that would make her faster or smoother.

 

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I see a lot of USDM front ends that have been painted that way too. </TD></TR></TABLE>

lazy , thats why

 

lookin dope. it should have been a lot faster. one of the best spray paint jobs thus far.

 

MUCH better

 

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i totally agree... its always the little things that make the car.

 

looks much better with the black paint.

 

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Looks alot better

 

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But yeah, the black-painted version looks much better.</TD></TR></TABLE>
damnit someone beat me to it

but yeah nice accord

 

chunky, looks good. Same here with my usdm front end i got hit and got the jdm front end, still in the shop tho cant wait till it come out. hope they dont paint the vent too got to call them on that tomorrow.
but very nice

 

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Make sure you tell the body shop. It took a good 2 hours of flat black spray paint, masking tape and scrap paper. We also had some paint remover. we used the Meguires Scratch X stuff. It removes fresh paint and its clear coat safe. Good stuff!