Kakumei front open 'MazdaSpeed' grille.
-$80 EBay / $120 shipped Received in 4 days from Taiwan

*Came primed and ready to paint
*Applied entire rattle can of Duplicolor Black Mica (shown in picture)
*3 (very wet) coats of Duplicolor clear coat sealant


Eyelids (purchased from private seller)
-$15

*sanded using 3M #2 paint prep sand paper
*cleaned using hot water and Dawn dish soap
*let dry 1 hour
*Applied 3 coats Primer (shown in picture)
*Applied 3 coats Duplicolor Black Mica
*Applied 3 (very wet) coats Duplicolor clear coat sealant.

EDIT*** Eyelids didnt come out as well as I wanted, So I'll be redoing sometime...pictures will be added whenever I redo them.

So now is that paint a coded color-match for the car?

dommo_g wrote:So now is that paint a coded color-match for the car?

negatory, cant find the exact match for my grey mica...ive tried several grey/titanium/silver mica colors...even the one from mazda...and they are either too light or too dark. but I went with this because it accents the mazda grey mica excellently, along with the black airdam piece and black fog light outline.

(my profile picture is actually a polar of the picture I took, its not really black)

Even the one from Mazda didn't work??

When I painted my flying M's (front and rear) I was going to order a can from http://www.paintscratch.com/ . Instead I just used dupli-color primer, color, and clear. The metro mica actually seems to have a blue hue to it, so from that aspect, the color doesn't match to a tee. With that said, I didn't spend much money, looks better (IMO) than the black from SU, and it matches with the factory paint (like I intented it to) except when you get up close and look in varying lights.

Long story short, I hope the color turns out for you; can't wait to see pics:)

kingtut wrote:Even the one from Mazda didn't work??

When I painted my flying M's (front and rear) I was going to order a can from http://www.paintscratch.com/ . Instead I just used dupli-color primer, color, and clear. The metro mica actually seems to have a blue hue to it, so from that aspect, the color doesn't match to a tee. With that said, I didn't spend much money, looks better (IMO) than the black from SU, and it matches with the factory paint (like I intented it to) except when you get up close and look in varying lights.

Long story short, I hope the color turns out for you; can't wait to see pics:)

was too dark. looked more titanium than the grey mica I have.

hmmm...when i had my 3, the grill i ordered (which looked just like that one) was already a super high gloss black, no paint required...and i think i only paid like $60 after shipping...

tbot wrote:hmmm...when i had my 3, the grill i ordered (which looked just like that one) was already a super high gloss black, no paint required...and i think i only paid like $60 after shipping...

thats cool for you

I wasn't doggin u bro...i loved the way it looked, and got lots of compliments on it! I'm excited for you, honest!!!

tbot wrote:I wasn't doggin u bro...i loved the way it looked, and got lots of compliments on it! I'm excited for you, honest!!!

lol, its cool...didn't meen for it to come off like I was offended.