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Since I had to take off the headlight grill to fix the dodgy heater fan,I decided to do a few repairs on the head light grill. Being a "Taifun"grill replacements are few and far between and the years had taken it's toll on the grill fixing points. A bit of fibre glass on the back of the grill helps to reinforce the weak points and then a respray in Satin black and she's ready to be refitted.

did you use a plastic primer first?

kevtherev wrote:did you use a plastic primer first?

Yes and a quick rub down to key the surface..

I hope you polished the van so the grill doesn't stick out like a sore thumb?

Cruz wrote:I hope you polished the van so the grill doesn't stick out like a sore thumb?

Polish..whats that???

I'm thinking of using matt black plastikote on mine so it doesn't look so "new" - any comments/done this before?

Will I need to use a plastic primer or will the plastikote take straight onto the grile?

Cheers,