Hi guys. i recently bought a 5 speed lancer es. I couldnt stand the grill so i first thought that painting the mitsubishi logo black would help but then quickly relized all of the chrome must go. What do you guys think?
here it is stock


Here it is wiht just the mitsubishi logo black


Here is the painting process:




Here is the final product:

 

much better. removal of chrome is a must on a lancer.

now get some black headlights and you'll be in a good spot!

 

true that!, looks more sporty less cheezy

 

that is my next project

 

the first pic looks like its an older model mercedes

 

Hope you prepped it well...or else your gonna be real happy in about a month hen all your hard work starts chipping off.... nice job tho!

 

Looks alot better

 

I did i sanded it and put two coats of primer, then 3 coats of paint and then 3 coats of clear.

 

i had my grill like that and then i did this

 

i thought about doing that but never wanted to cut my grill, any beter pics

 

yeah i thought about it to but was a little apprehensive

 

man if you guys think what he did to his grill is "apprehensive"..... i am making my stock grill into and evo style grill from abs plastic..... total cost for this should be under 15 bucks... lol and the best part is its gonna be plastic... no fiberglass to crack and its also mad cheap... but it does require some skill to do this and get it to look decent and alot of time.... and holy its hard to sand the chrome off... (i used some 36 grit sandpaper and it just scratches it) here are some pics of my progress.... its no where near done tho... i just do when i have some free time....






















and that random shot of my car is from the drive thru windows at mcds where i work...... LOL

 

I tried painting mine too, but it just didn't look right. I like what you're doing with yours es 02, hopefully the end product will look nice. Looks like a lot of work

 

I popped my grill off and painted it white. Looks way better than before

 

yeah it is definitely a whole lot of work especially since i dont have the right tools or anything... i don't even have a dremel..... yeh i just hope it will turn out great.. but so far it looks like it should....