painting plasic grill

[Toopay_MkIII_GT]

i've brought a early vento grill. i noticed that its a dark grey plastic. i want it standerd matt or satin black like most normal vw grills would be will stand out like a sore thumb a grey grill on my black golf. any advice on painting it? i know i can just rub it down, blast a few coats of paint on, but will its flex and crack being plastic? i always hear people say dont paint plastic when people ask about back to blacking there bumpers.

thanks
laim

[adamrob69]

aslong as you do it right and use plastic primer it should be ok. i have done it...in fact there is a thread on here telling you how to paint the grill in the maintenance section <trying to find link!>

where did you get it from? is the grey colour primer? some parts come already primed.

[rodz22]

as above give it a wipe over with a panel wipe to get all the crud off it then prime with plastic primer then put your top coat on easy peazy lol did my grill the other day took about an hour

[Toopay_MkIII_GT]

no no its not primer, its just the plastic mould, its just grey not black. its not the late spec big 3 grill vento grill that were colour coded. i got it from ebay. cheers for the advise!

[Khare]

I'd be tempted to go over the grill with steel wool to roughen up the surface and ensure that the primer sticks on well.

[Toopay_MkIII_GT]

ok cheers