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340 Duster grill repaint ???? #207498 01/29/09 09:50 AM 01/29/09 09:50 AM
Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 8,087 Elk Grove, Calif. B bigblock340power OP master
bigblock340power OP master B Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 8,087 Elk Grove, Calif.	I need my 340 Duster grill repainted . All the repairs have been made. Plastic is perfect. Who will repaint it back to the OEM look? I guess G car no longer does grills, soooooo? Thank you Mike

Re: 340 Duster grill repaint ???? [Re: bigblock340power] #207499 01/29/09 12:24 PM 01/29/09 12:24 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 42,714 Spokane Washington ScottSmith_Harms Mr Wizzard
ScottSmith_Harms Mr Wizzard Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 42,714 Spokane Washington	Hi Mike, I'll be the first one to tell you that painting those grilles is the hardest part of the restoration, it takes a ton of masking and prep to do right. Also, if you have a perfect grille, is it in bare plastic, primer, or old paint? Makes a big difference. If it's painted you have to remove it all, if it's primer it has to be the right primer/sealer, and if it's either it will still likely need wet sanding and further primer coats to get the surfaces smooth before paint, EVERY TINY flaw shows through the silver paint they recieve, getting one absalutely flawless is pretty much impossible but besting the quality Mopar offered is not to tough. For a start most "paint only" jobs I've done cost the owners $500-$700.00 which is just labor hours added up, and I usually eat some extra time just because I hate charging so much.

Re: 340 Duster grill repaint ???? [Re: bigblock340power] #207500 01/29/09 12:52 PM 01/29/09 12:52 PM
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340wedge master Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 2,763 Myrtle Beach, SC formerly the ...	Scott, is it easier to paint the grill black, mask it and then put on the silver/argent color? Of course I did it the opposite way and i would'nt recommend it to my worst enemy, it's definitely a trial in patience... 1971 Sassy Grass Green Duster 340 2006 Charger Daytona GoMango

Re: 340 Duster grill repaint ???? [Re: 340wedge] #207501 01/29/09 01:12 PM 01/29/09 01:12 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 42,714 Spokane Washington ScottSmith_Harms Mr Wizzard
ScottSmith_Harms Mr Wizzard Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 42,714 Spokane Washington	It depends, they came painted two different ways from the factory. Some grilles were molded in black plastic from the factory, these were masked off and the silver was sprayed on, since the plastic was already black they skipped painting the black areas (makes sense right?). Others were molded in grey plastic and the two colors were masked and sprayed individually. One thing I've noticed on most grilles, the factory paint jobs were VERY poor quality, many areas of grey (large areas) didn't even get paint on them, just faded from silver to raw plastic. Many black areas fogged over onto the grey while other areas came up short of covering all they were supposed to.

Re: 340 Duster grill repaint ???? [Re: ScottSmith_Harms] #207502 01/29/09 01:15 PM 01/29/09 01:15 PM
Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 8,087 Elk Grove, Calif. B bigblock340power OP master
bigblock340power OP master B Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 8,087 Elk Grove, Calif.	Quote: Hi Mike, I'll be the first one to tell you that painting those grilles is the hardest part of the restoration, it takes a ton of masking and prep to do right. Also, if you have a perfect grille, is it in bare plastic, primer, or old paint? Makes a big difference. If it's painted you have to remove it all, if it's primer it has to be the right primer/sealer, and if it's either it will still likely need wet sanding and further primer coats to get the surfaces smooth before paint, EVERY TINY flaw shows through the silver paint they recieve, getting one absalutely flawless is pretty much impossible but besting the quality Mopar offered is not to tough. For a start most "paint only" jobs I've done cost the owners $500-$700.00 which is just labor hours added up, and I usually eat some extra time just because I hate charging so much. Thanks for the info Scott. I've had the grill media blasted. Surface is real smooth. I put a coat of silver (turned out real nice) on but the black I botched. What can be done? I'm willing to have it pro done,

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