Questions about removing and painting grillsurround
02-04-2014, 02:39 PM
#13
Five-0 Ret.
It's all pretty much the same. The only colors that will cost more are tri-stage paint, like Ruby red, or the white pearl color.
The body techs typically do all the disassembling. They seem to have no issues, and never break anything, but they have done tons of them. There was a video floating around on here about a month ago. Guy made it look easy
The body techs typically do all the disassembling. They seem to have no issues, and never break anything, but they have done tons of them. There was a video floating around on here about a month ago. Guy made it look easy
Thanks [MENTION=75690]mbullock[/MENTION], I forgot to mention the difference in the paint. The guy that did mine went through several mixings to get the correct match.
02-04-2014, 04:48 PM
#14
Born on the bayou
Thread Starter
Well guys, I'm **** out of luck right now. I called 3 paint shops in my area and they all basically told me that they won't paint it because the paint won't stick well and will start to chip over time. I've heard this is kinda BS, but I wasn't gonna argue with these guys who have been in the business for 40 years. I then called my local dealership and talked to a guy in parts who basically told me the same thing. Unfortunately, you can't just order the PTM surround, just the entire grill assembly which is about $800. I was really looking forward to this...Thanks for the help though.
02-04-2014, 05:02 PM
#15
Well guys, I'm **** out of luck right now. I called 3 paint shops in my area and they all basically told me that they won't paint it because the paint won't stick well and will start to chip over time. I've heard this is kinda BS, but I wasn't gonna argue with these guys who have been in the business for 40 years. I then called my local dealership and talked to a guy in parts who basically told me the same thing. Unfortunately, you can't just order the PTM surround, just the entire grill assembly which is about $800. I was really looking forward to this...Thanks for the help though.
I've painted many chrome pieces. It's why I made this thread
https://www.f150forum.com/f116/how-paint-chrome-203305/
02-04-2014, 05:11 PM
#16
Perhaps you can find someone selling a grill with the surround already painted. That's what I did but I took it a step further and disassembled my grill completely so I could black out the grill body behind the bars, then used the painted surround for this result.
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02-04-2014, 05:13 PM
#18
Born on the bayou
Thread Starter
Problem is that mine is green gem metallic...pretty hard to find. It's AMAZING how much better the front end of your truck looks after doing yours. wow
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RLXXI (02-06-2014)
02-04-2014, 06:36 PM
#19
Senior Member
If you can't find a painter, keep looking on eBay for the green surround, regardless of the insert as long as it can be separated from the surround. If you find it, we can further discuss how to swap out the inserts.
