I am now on a spree of trying to blacken my car out. Up now...the grille, how should I go about doing this. What kind of paint will go on my factory grille and will this look good on an 02. Also any word of anyone going for the audi look with the LED's on the headlights? If so...pictures please! Im going for the look of the car I just posted as my car is also black but doesnt have the bangin 04 Aero grille. O well i gotta save my mones for a house. Thanks in advance for any input!
oh yea, that's Chris's car. he put on the '05 Aero kit, and i believe he painted and cleared the chrome trim on the grille to get the blacked out effect. a few threads exist about it, but i'm guessing he'll pop up any minute now to give you the full story and all the links. :lol: i think it looks wonderful.
Led's in the headlight realy interested me but its probably more work than its worth. You can probably get an LED strip then afterwards fit that in the headlight but it would have to be well put to actualy look nice. Id love to see someone try though ehe =) I just decided to have HIDS in both my foglights and headlights instead
alright i had it wrong. ;oops: Chris did the facelift as well, and he posted a thread about it. it seems i can't find fatship's original thread, but i remember it. :roll:
I opted for the black to match the paint, gave it to the local body shop and should have it back by friday. The middle where the saab symbol is I left chrome so wel see how it turns out then.
New Grille
Think its classier where the mesh was good while it lasted but I just got sick of it since it I made it and it was not all that durable I guess you could say.
I am getting new clear bulbs for the blinkers today cause those oranges are throwin me off.
so how did you get rid of the chrome from the grille? i know its hard to get rid of the chrome and that the paint wont last long itll chip kinda f ast ? is that true?
i think im just gunna shoot for the 04 aero front end. i see saab.com has them, but i just want the front bumper and their selling the whole kit.i looked on thesaabsite.com and i see that they have them i think but no photo(it says 04-05 aero bumper cover with or without washers) . im going to email them. where did you get yours chris if you dont mind me asking? it'll be a rare event for white saabs too :cheesy: in the 99-01 range atleast.
puttin these bad boys on also once viking wheels is done with my other pair
podwercoating them. just a pic of my car still driving on snows in the fresh days of summer.
yea i think im gunna go with the 04 aero look. looks like way to much custom work for me and i bet the money spent to do this also was way more then doing the 04 bumper. idk i could be wrong but i think the 04 bumper looks pretty bad***** for my taste now seeing this bumper.
How would I go about swapping a '00 Saab 9-5 Aero front end for '04 front end ? What cost's am I looking at ?
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