just like it says, i got a 02 sierra and id like to find an actually PAINTABLE grille. i know with the chevys you can just buy a tahoe z71 grille. is there any model that they ever painted the grilles on for the sierras or yukons?

o btw my plan is to go ALL painted up front. grille, bumper, top pad, airdam w fog lamps... i think this would look pretty clean, any suggestions welcome. TIA

 

i thought i saw you post in another thread you were possibly doing a denali clip in a few months....

im pretty sure there is no OEM grille SHELL like that, however i think stylin concepts has one that is paintable.

IMO i think you should, get a billet grille INSERT w/ no emblem
http://www.stylinconcepts.com/part.a.../categoryid/25

the rest of it painted would look badazz

 

why isn't your grey grill paintable? i've seen guys try to find those grilles and get rid of the chrome one.

 

because it is textured and still must be primered and sanded and then you are lucky to get the paint to stick to it

beastmode, check this out, scroll down to the 99-05 gm trucks, small but kinda gives you an idea

http://www.procharger.com/TRUCK_SUV/truck_suv.shtml

 

like that minus the chrome? can't you take it out and sand blast it or something and paint the stock one?

 

You can buy a plastic adhesive that bonds paint to the plastic grille. My brother is painting his stock GMC grille as we speak. I will try to get some pictures.

 

I just painted my stock grill a couple days ago. I'll post some pics when I get home. I used a rattlecan, and it came out unbelievably well. Dupli-color now has "our" color in a can. I installed a new billet grill into the shell after it was painted and was pretty hard on it. The paint seemed to be on-there pretty good. Hopefully it will hold up. I used a Plastic-Primer from HomeDepot first. Like I said, I'll post the pics when I get home tonight. Honestly tho, I think I like yours just the way it is

 

ive been doin some research on them and there gonna be to expensive

that looks sick, that is kinda what i was lookin for, i dont care if the GMC emblem is there or not really, i just wanna go all colormatched

im probably gonna spray my stocker and see what it looks like, ill try that plastic primer or the plastic paint Kingpimp mentioned above.... did you sand alot Badmofo?? pics

thanks for the responses fellas

 

I meant plastic primer, when i said plastic paint. I probably used the same thing as badmofo.

 

ya ill have to check that stuff out... then i take it you just found the corresponding can of your paint of yoru truck in like dupli-color or something? cause where im at right now is ill paint it and even if it looks like **** ill just get a newer one and get it painted or get a chrome one

or who knows maybe ill hit the lottery and i can afford my denali clip