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  1. I guess it depends on the condition of your chrome. The last one I had the chrome was in great shape so I sealed off edges that needed it with epoxy and prepped the chrome well, cleaned it with alcohol and used epoxy primer. Everything should seal fine. I have a grille on my car now that didn't get half the prep my last one did, and I also used just a rustoleum plastics primer on it. It's been on the car for over 3 years and has held up great. 2 small nicks and I touched it up with a black paint marker, can't really notice it. If your chrome is bubbling up then it would need to be removed. I would not paint over that.
  2. The emblem is attached from the top, bottom, left and right sides with epoxy and surfaces were dremeled/sanded down to get through the finish for solid adhesion. There were two holes in the back of the mounting area on the crown vic insert and I dropped more of the adhesive through and stuck it there too. It's held in place in 6 spots very well. It's normally only held on with double sided tape, so this will be way more effective.
  3. I just threw the emblem on and this thing is ready to go. I trimmed up the edges of the mounting spot so the emblem touches the honeycomb which looks nice. http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f178/nospmoht04/003-1.jpg http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f178/nospmoht04/006-2.jpg
  4. I just painted SBT's grille. Two part epoxy primer was used in a paint gun with 4-5 very thin coats, then I put down a few thin coats of SEM Trim Black paint. It's pretty cool to see the amount of changes from the last one I made. The finish is beautiful and transitions are smooth, it looks nice with the insert set back and all that's left is clearing up a small pit on the outer lip and attaching the emblem. I'm also shaving off a little bit of the sides where the emblem mounting spot is so the emblem touches the overall insert instead of being an 1/8th of an inch or so off of it. It was enough to notice that the emblem sat off of the insert and it looks better touching it. Anyways here are a few pics I took after it was done. http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f178/nospmoht04/009-1.jpg http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f178/nospmoht04/006-1.jpg http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f178/nospmoht04/005-1.jpg http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f178/nospmoht04/004-2.jpg http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f178/nospmoht04/d13298ee-6f50-45d2-b863-90a2de59b459.jpg So there's that, and I'll mail it out early next week. I show ya when the emblem is on and it's totally done. Here's a couple pics of this sweet Saab that was at my father's shop. It's a 1990 Saab 9000 Airflow Turbo. It's a 4 cylinder turbo prototype of a Saab that was made and there were only 3-4 made total in the world. One to the president of Sweden, one to the president of Saab and one to this guy, the designer. Pretty cool car. http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f178/nospmoht04/008-1.jpg http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f178/nospmoht04/007-1.jpg
  5. 2 grilles are all cut out, cleaned and sanded down ready for inserts that I have already. Doing one more and going to make 3 at once.
  6. It's probably best to let it play out for a while. I'll see once I make a few more who's in and who's out and be about to get a better idea when you're up. It'll be best to hang onto your grille and I'll send you a finished one and we can swap that way you aren't grilleless. I plan on making a few at a time and painting them together. I'll probably make 2-3 together next and once those go, I may try to do 5 together and send those out. I'll be in touch and let you know.
  7. With the stuff being 2 part with a hardener, it's really rugged and lasts a lot longer than spray paint. I'm sure a thin coat of a satin black over the primer wouldn't hurt anything. I'll let you know where I'm at this weekend.
  8. I'm going to see how it looks with just the primer at first and ask about a clearcoat or epoxy paint. When I asked my body guy orginally he looked it all over and said he would just black epoxy primer it. He said you want to keep it as thin as possible so it wouldn't chip and said you COULD paint over the primer but he would leave it as is. I'll wait for it all to dry and get a good look at how it turns out before making a decision. I can post some pics and let you decide, worst case if it doesn't end up looking good with just the primer down the road, it'd be sandable and a great surface to paint on.
  9. SBT - I have something set up to get the grille painted on Saturday. It'll be a black epoxy primer and will be done with a paint gun. If all looks fine after its painted it should be good to go not long after.
  10. Here's the list so everyone has an idea of what's going on. 47 grilles with 1 just needing paint. SBT (almost done) JJr 06silvarubiLGT ttcheung97 doccrowley 05NH2.5i InspectorGadget blongo804 claymore_6r Rester5350 rkhousman BigbenTO JamesLaw Yourconfused Rockford bermo kndstrouble Barmanbean stevegspear thisheregiraffe floater163 rob-2 Burba88 leakypipe86 jfg22557 theatreofdreams Alopez6337 Bladeversion1 Connor Slobaru Joeboo98 omenjh Scooby2.5 90G60 Nightmaresmk Pt Pixel Rockgod totaled04Rex Blackbird97 rexnebula PoTTaNz Jeffer TeriyakiBBS kongzilla ExqlusivE big_tom scoobyskier I wrote people down as they asked and dated next to their names. If I messed up anyone's name or anything let me know. I get that a lot happens in a year and a half. Sold your car, bought another grille, or just don't feel like buying one but if you could just let me know if you aren't interested so I have a realistic idea of what I'm working with, that'd be a big help. It's been slow going since I stopped making them for a while. The first one took a lot of trial and error and overall time, and the last one was probably twice as fast when I had time to work on it. Today I made a template out of the one and only insert I just tore out from another project. Now I can cut right to that shape and get used to cutting them, making things 10 times easier. I have better tools to apply the epoxy, and a faster, easier way to blend the parts. I decided to use a satin or flat black epoxy primer which is a more durable finish and should beast through winters. Epoxy primer is expensive by aerosol can so I might make a few at a time and have them painted together. The last one I made, I set the insert back off of the lip and liked how it turned out. There are some progress pics of it a page or so back. I'm going to keep making them like this. I've got almost enough materials to make 6 more now but I'll be looking around for a couple grilles soon. I plan on putting some time into making more and hopefully get a bunch done soon. I will let ya know.
  11. Hey guys in response to adding you I can absolutely do that. However, the list of 2 people up above there, that's just the next two people in line. I posted that at work and didn't have the entire list. The whole list is around 42 people. That's going back the past year and a half of people asking to be added. I fully expect people to back out or not respond so I'm sure it'll shrink.
  12. Finishing up the S402 Grille for SBT as soon as primer hits it and I'm looking ahead to the next people on the list. What I'll do is mention who would be up next and you'll have until the grille is finished to say whether or not you want to buy it. If I don't hear anything then I'll try and get in touch with who is after that. Right now I would have: JJr 06silvarubiLGT I know it's been a while since you guys showed interest so I completely understand if that has fallen through. I'll let you know when things are moving along. Thanks.
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