Best way to fix these? (22B replica hood vents)

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Apr 11, 2015 | 02:27 PM

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Yeah, I was thinking either black or bright/light silver (to try to match the lighting).

-Brian

Apr 11, 2015 | 03:26 PM

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Here's a comparison of what I had before.

Also might even just do rbp since I'm getting the hood + front bumper + covers + grille all done at the same time.

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Apr 11, 2015 | 09:58 PM

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Super helpful. Thanks! I'd probably go body color route if I was doing all that too.

-Brian

May 8, 2015 | 06:40 PM

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Update:

Got the mesh finished up today and then installed the vents on the car.

Only thing I screwed up on was tightened one of the bolts a lil too tight so it popped out of the jb weld that was holding it... but still has 4/5 bolts holding it down so it'll be alright.

I'm gonna update my other body shop thread with how everything else turned out but here's the vent related stuff for now.

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May 9, 2015 | 10:20 AM

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Looks great!

May 9, 2015 | 10:44 AM

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Yea looks good!

May 11, 2015 | 05:38 AM

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Sweet! They look great!

May 11, 2015 | 07:37 AM

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Awesome!

May 11, 2015 | 07:55 AM

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Nice work man!

makes me miss my GC :'(

May 11, 2015 | 08:55 AM

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Badass! How'd you end up finishing the mesh?

-Brian

May 11, 2015 | 12:49 PM

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Originally Posted by eastbaysubaru

Badass! How'd you end up finishing the mesh?

-Brian

So I did get them anodized black, but for some reason one piece turned out black and the other an ashy/grey black.

I went ahead and did about 3 coats of gloss black spray paint on them, so even if it does chip it'll still be black underneath.