I am going to paint my grill insert black today on my truck, from what I read, you can not take the insert off, so I have to take the entire gill off.....
Anyway, my question is do I have to do prep work on it before I paint it? I know I have to clean it really well but do I need to sand or anything like that?

 

Once you take the grill and surround off you can pop the grill insert out from the back. Just clean it and use a scotch brite and scuff it a little, paint don't adhere well to shiny stuff.

 

what kind of grill you have, and what kind of paint?

 

Grey honeycomb POS and it'll be the right type of plastic paint or whatever that orther peolpe are using

 

oh yeah I had grey honeycomb, I painted it black. I taped off the surround, put a big piece of plastic behind the grille, and sprayed it....worked for me. but if you're using a brush or whatever, I'd remove it, I'd say that's easier for that way....

 

Cant say I've ever heard of anyone painting a grille with a brush..

 

true but just saying....from the sounds of "regular plastic paint", that sounds brush-applied to me lol....

 

Haha no dude, rattle can. Lol. But I was saying regular as in like what everyone else has used, like Duplicolor or Krylon

 

Make sure you spray from EVERY angle, the way the grille is shaped if you miss a spot it'll show up real bad. I learned the hard way first time i did mine

 

I used Rustoleum plastic paint. It comes in a rattlecan. It has a picture of one of those plastic stackable lawn chairs on it. Cleaned it with brake parts cleaner in a rattle can, rinsed it off with water and let it dry in the sun. It came out good. I'd recommednd removing the grille insert to do it.