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Depends what colour/finish you want?
Jekyll
ClioSport Club Member
^ nice finish 
satin black ftw
satin black ftwSatin black spray paint mate lol, no seriously i cleaned the grille and de greased it, dried it, masked the renault stickers up to keep the oem look, primered it with plastic primer then a few coats of satin black, leave to dry then remove masking tape job done.
Dont add laquer if you want it satin or it will have a gloss finish, i chose satin as it looks oem, like new black plastic tbh.
Yes mate, take the clips out of the top then just give it a smack with the palm of you hand at either side of each side if you get what i mean
No need to remove bumper.
You should only need one primer and one satin for this mate and tbh and there should be enough left over to do your back bumper insert and front fog surrounds too, there was for me aslong as they are 300ml cans.
I didnt bother with the lower grille, too many holes to get a good finish lol, so i just use a plastic restorer on that.
Do about 3 very thin coats of primer until its fully covered leaving around 10 -15 mins in between coats, i use a hair dryer to speed the process up abit
Then about 3 - 4 coats of satin black, do the 1st coat very thin, when you are spraying dont get too close and move swiftly accross, dont hold it in one position at all or it will run, you need to keep it moving at all times in quick little blasts.
Again leave about 15 mins in between each coat or again you can speed it up using a hair dryer, if you do, dont hold it in one place for too long as the paint might blister.
Leave overnight then re fit, job done.
Im no painter but ive done quite alot in the past and this technique works well for me, just take your time and dont rush
banther
ClioSport Club Member
Is halfords plastic primer and satin black spray ok?
iLikeDuplo
ClioSport Club Member
Willi/182Cup/265Cup
How do the inserts come out of the back? Just a bit of a yank? You need to sand them down first?
Are the fog surrounds a pain in the arse?
The fog surrounds just pull out, if you wrap a rag around a flathead screwdriver and slip it in the gap in the centre next to the bulb ull be able to unclip it, when you can get your finger behind grab it and pull the rest of the clips out.
Yes i sanded the surrounds smooth 1st, only takes about 15 mins tbh as there only small and flat.
iLikeDuplo
ClioSport Club Member
Willi/182Cup/265Cup
Class, cheers. Same for the rear bumper inserts?
Yes you can do mate as i did, although i marked the insert as its a really tight fi, so i had to sand it back smooth, you are best off taking the rear bumper off if you are bothered about marking anything mate, its easily pushed out from the inside then, the bumpers really easy to take off anyway.
Thats standard mate, thats how they usually look, get them sprayed satin black, its one of my favourite things i have done to the car lookwise.
Jekyll
ClioSport Club Member
Yes you can. The sun is out today so it would e best if you did it in sunlight (making sure overspray doesn't go on anyone else's cars!) but you can always bring it in after each coat and use the hair dryer to speed up the process. Just be wary that when your painting outside flies and dust are around and they always seems to be attracted to fresh wet paint!
Clio 182
Doesn't matter now lol can't even get the fecking thing off the car AND it looks like someone else has tried to get it off and snapped it which I completely missed when buying the car. So pissed off.
Jekyll
ClioSport Club Member
As arctic said it just pulls off once you've taken the 2 retaining clips. It can so sometimes feel tough but its only clipped in, with the washer pipes connected behind it, which just pops off. What's broken on it?
Wow thats a new one, not seen one break like that before, ill get back to your PM monday/tuesday Bradtate, as i need to confirm a used part price.
safe to say I need a new grill!
JezzaMac
ClioSport Club Member
Does the paint on the grill not chip due to stones and look sh*t?
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generally not bad at all ive had mine in gloss for ages, little or no chipping 1 year on atleast. (They are a small targat i guess)
JezzaMac
ClioSport Club Member
Thats good to know because ive been thinking about doing mine for ages as they are really blue but I didnt want to spend ages doing them to then go on a motorway journey and find that they look worse than before! Im going to do fogs and rear bumper insert as well in that case!
We do, either in satin, matt or gloss lacquer. Make sure you prep + plastic primer them well, and then the paint wont flake.
