Has anyone painted the front grill?

myasylum · Mar 28, 2009

my biggest complaint about the 73+ grill is the front end. It looks "grampa" to me?!?

Has anyone painted it? I thought about painting it black, but then I thought??? well... that might be kind of?? ah? lame?

opinions?

65barracudadude · Mar 28, 2009

I used to own a '73 duster back in the 80's. I sold it to a friend and he did that. I thought that it looked a lot better. But I also really dont like the grill on those very much. Too bad you couldn't find a picture of one blacked out. Or find a grill that you wouldn't mind just painting real quick.

Burntorange70 · Mar 28, 2009

I like my grills to be mostly black but with a little silver to give it some depth and brake up all that black.

pastortom1 · Mar 28, 2009

This is a 74 Dart Sport...........was silver........now a metallic black........looks much better.

3404speed · Mar 28, 2009

Selective black and silver or body color is the best.

Demon416 · Mar 28, 2009

Hey Burntorange70, you interested in selling that '72 grill? lol

Burntorange70 · Mar 28, 2009

Demon416 said:
Hey Burntorange70, you interested in selling that '72 grill? lol

I think my car would be unhappy with me if I did. LOL

Demon416 · Mar 28, 2009

Ha, just "pullin' your chain."

Max340 · Mar 28, 2009

myasylum said:
my biggest complaint about the 73+ grill is the front end. It looks "grampa" to me?!?

Has anyone painted it? I thought about painting it black, but then I thought??? well... that might be kind of?? ah? lame?

opinions?

I painted the grille on my 73 Dart Sport alomst first thing I did to it. I'd do it again in a minute. Changes the entire look of the front end, and makes it much more... well, in 1984 it made it much cooler. Now, I guess it looks much less "grampa".

Max340 · Mar 28, 2009

pastortom1 said:
This is a 74 Dart Sport...........was silver........now a metallic black........looks much better.

That is awesome.... I think I need to put some time in on my 73.....

myasylum · Mar 28, 2009

Pastortom1 That looks very cool! I just might try that now!

Maybe I'll see if I can a cheap second grill to play with in case it doesn't turn out as cool as yours!

Thanks!

Anyone else have pics of a 73 Duster? That would be cool!

65barracudadude · Mar 28, 2009

Ya, get a cheap one to practice on if you dont feel confident about your painting skills. Just remember. Do light coats. You can hardly mess it up that way.

myasylum · Mar 28, 2009

Is there any other year grills the might fit that would look better otherwise?

a68postcar · Mar 28, 2009

i did my trim in black chrome. i love the way that it looks.

whitey · Mar 28, 2009

I painted the grill itself with Rustoleum Laquer Black, the surround I used the silver texture paint from Eastwood.

Dartnut · Mar 28, 2009

I think grilles look best stock.
All of your cars look great, but stock suits me.
It's your car, do what you want to do.
If it's a survivor car or rare think twice about this or any other modifications!
Just my 2 cents.
Tom.

Small Block · Mar 29, 2009

Myasylum: I've done two of mine and i'll try and get pics up later. Paint the whole grille black, i like flat, then i take a "Testors" paint pen and put on what stripes i want highlited onthe ribs. Looks great. I did chrome on the 73 440 and i'm doing the 74 "Gold Duster" with gold highlites.

ef8340 · Mar 29, 2009

i had a 73 dart and did a black out on the grille once kinda like whiteys but except the 3 bars in the middle i left them original it looked really neat

briankaplan · Mar 29, 2009

Here's the way i painted mine. Silver with dark gray.
Also a buddy's that got painted body color. I don't
care for it myself.

73Duster422 · Mar 29, 2009

I agree. The 73 grills don't look that great. Here's what I did with mine.

69DARTS · Mar 29, 2009

autopar3000 · Mar 29, 2009

Like a68postcar I'm rollin' with the black trim look, but mine is a semi-gloss black.

6pk2goDemon · Mar 29, 2009

My grill and trim is blacked out also. I'm thinking about painting a couple of the grill fins yellow to match the stripes and maybe the turn signal housings too....

prodart340 · Mar 29, 2009

swinger340 said:
wow

yea, what he said

Backtobasics · Mar 30, 2009

Granted, mine is not the same year as yours.....
I went flat black. I tried the shiny silver, it looked like a teenage kid got loose with .99 cent paint. I tried a charcoal, and when installed on my brown Dart, it looked bronze.

Cheap silver:

Charcoal:

Flat black, with the fins trimmed in silver (marker from the Hobby store)

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