Interior/Exterior M7 grill on PW (round 2!)
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M7 grill on PW (round 2!)
Ok for those who saw my car before, i had installed black m7 grills on my PW. The problem was, the metal behind the grill was also white and it was highly visable behind the grill. Soooo...i painted it this weekend and also installed a hole in the bottom grill to have access to my tow hook hole. Here are the pics, enjoy!!! 
getting started...jacked up the car and took off front the bumper/grills
before taking off the front bumper i lined up the spot i needed to cut with the tow hook hole. Then i cut out a 1 inch circle from aluminum tape and stuck it onto the spot. This helped me ALOT!.
I then painted the ends of the exposed metal that had been cut and waited for it to dry. After it was all dried i installed the 1 inch rubber grommet.
Then it was time to paint! i taped off the area and used brown paper to keep off any over spray.
after everything was dry i peeled off the tape and paper, and re-installed the m7 grills.
Then the only thing left to do was put the bumper back on and check for fittment. Making sure the hole i cut lined up perfectly with the tow hook hole.
Everything turned out good, and fittment was perfect. here is the finished product and the before pic.
the before pic...
getting started...jacked up the car and took off front the bumper/grills
before taking off the front bumper i lined up the spot i needed to cut with the tow hook hole. Then i cut out a 1 inch circle from aluminum tape and stuck it onto the spot. This helped me ALOT!.
I then painted the ends of the exposed metal that had been cut and waited for it to dry. After it was all dried i installed the 1 inch rubber grommet.
Then it was time to paint! i taped off the area and used brown paper to keep off any over spray.
after everything was dry i peeled off the tape and paper, and re-installed the m7 grills.
Then the only thing left to do was put the bumper back on and check for fittment. Making sure the hole i cut lined up perfectly with the tow hook hole.
Everything turned out good, and fittment was perfect. here is the finished product and the before pic.
the before pic...
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