I'd been thinking about this for a little while. My idea was to somehow paint the stock decklid vents on my 86 gt. Anyone know if it would work? If i'd have to sand it down, whatever, etc.

Also was thinking the same for the door handles and the line that goes thru the side of the car. I think it would make it look sleeker and more modern to paint those few pieces.

Input please

they would be easy to paint, if u have acess to a sandblaster u will have short work of it or scuffin them up with alittle 320 grit paper will work just fine too and a red scotch brite to get into those hard to get spots.

Ok thanks, so I could get the job done by hand sanding it with 320 grit sandpaper? Then it will be ready to paint?

Does that go for the vents, lines, and door handles?

yup scuff it and shoot easy as pie! just make shure to clean it well with alittle acetone

I would paint the vents with a high heat paint because the regular cans of Rustoleum only have a 200° rating. Use at least a 500° for the underneath side. I did and it looks good with no problems

If you are repainting the deck grills black....
I've read that some use the black paint for BBQ grills.
A satin or semi-gloss also looks nice, IMO.

In any case though, prep is everything!

J

I had mine powdercoated in a satin black. I was considering a gloss, but I thought it would be too much for my taste. The satin had a great look to it and was very easy to keep clean and never once had an issue with the heat.

If you can afford to have them powder coated do it as i think they were powder coated and not painted. I will certainly look better.

I took a set apart, painted the inside/underside piece with flat black high temp. Then I painted the top portion with a metallic black. I had a 50% success rate. One side is still fine, the other for some reason got a lot of little bubbles and they chipped off. So it is sort of spotted, showing the primery below where the dots chipped. (Sorry, no pics handy). Might have been the heat, or prep, or just some bad paint.

If you want to remove the underside grill piece (for better airflow) and don't care about keeping out leaves, just drill out the rivets. I replaced mine with a hexagonal screen and it looks pretty cool.

quote Originally posted by unboundmo: I would paint the vents with a high heat paint because the regular cans of Rustoleum only have a 200° rating. Use at least a 500° for the underneath side. I did and it looks good with no problems

Could u post pics?

I have seen a few cars with the grills and trim painted to match the car. IMO, it ends up being too much of one color. I would just keep them black.

quote Originally posted by Fformula88: I took a set apart, painted the inside/underside piece with flat black high temp. Then I painted the top portion with a metallic black. I had a 50% success rate. One side is still fine, the other for some reason got a lot of little bubbles and they chipped off. So it is sort of spotted, showing the primery below where the dots chipped. (Sorry, no pics handy). Might have been the heat, or prep, or just some bad paint.

My drivers side in both cars are like that, so id suspect heat.

Yeah as far as the 2 tone vs 1 color goes I think it's a matte of opinion. I think having it be one color will make it look more modern. Has to have the right body work for it to look better as 1 color tho. Like i said a more modern look

Btw I found a pic of a fiero with painted trim line, door handles, and VENTS! it looks goooood

found it on google and lost link, and I don't think I could post cuz it's just in my photos (on my iPod)