Hey, I couldn't find any in the registry, but has anyone tried painting the stock grill black on a Rio Red lancer? I would like to see a pic before I try it, though I can't see how it could look worse than it does stock...

 

i have my stock grils black but its on a silver lancer not red... looks better for me but i think it will look good on ur red.. try it out not like it matters the grill is ugly otherwise

 

Ive seen it done, IMO It looked kinda cheap. But who am I to judge.

 

yeah, it may look cheap, it is cheap which is why I'm thinking about it... On the other hand, since everyone replaces the grill anyway, in the unlikely event that it does somehow look worse, i'm sure there are many cheap stock grills floating around. If I dont like it, I'll either get another or get an aftermarket one.
I would really love to see some pics here... even if you have a different color car, it would be useful to see a few pics of the blacked out stock on something other than a black car.

 

by the way... I also forgot to ask whether you who have done this painted the slats in the middle (black from factory) the same black color as the chrome to match, or whether you taped over these and left them the stock color?

 

it will look good on any color other than the thunder grey i think.....

i used a gloss black and did the black inserts aswell.

 

i have my stock grill for sale if u want one to practice on.

 

although my grill is painted black i really want a cf grill besides the rrm for certain reasons. i want like a ralliart grll cf...

 

look at RS-0 he has a red one with a black grill..

 

I have a blue 02 ES with a black grill (where it is chrome) and blue to match the car fins (where it was black). look in my signature under the burnout post.

 

 

ok its not the rio red, but teh OZ red, but heres a closeup.

 

Well I painted it, will get pics up soon.... It wasn't too difficult and I think looks awesome thanks for the pics. Also, I'm wondering whether most of the people who have done this have painted the fins as well as the chrome part. I chose not to paint the fins and I think it looks much better with the matte black on that part and the gloss black on the chrome part

 

The other Rio Red pics in this thread look so much brighter then the pics I have seen of Kid_lancer_7 and Gorilla Unit.. That color is growing on me.

 

....you are kidding right? we said that it wasnt rio red.