OK so I had seen earlier in the forum how someone had painted their front lip black. Not wanting something that permanent, I came up with this alternative. I bought some rubber cement from a hobby shop about 5$. Then I bought some black shelf liner from Home Depot less than 10$.
You will have plenty of shelf liner to work with so don't worry about mistakes.
Next I cleaned the front lip with a generic all purpose cleaner.
The shelf liner width is almost the right size you need to cover 1/2 the width of your front lip. I just laid a section up and eyeballed a length to cut, but you want it to be straight.
Next apply the rubber cement. Don't be shy... the excess is easily removable by just a light rubbing with a cloth or finger. I applied the rubber cement to both the front lip and the shelf liner, then attached.
I was carefull to lineup the shelf liner to the front edge of the grill. The little bit of excess that hung over at the bottom in front of the airdam I later trimmed off with a razor blade.
Next I just did the same thing with the other side.
I used a little bit of the shelf liner that I had trimmed off in an earlier step to fill in the gap that was left in the middle. Again always applying the rubber cement to the lip and shelf liner.
Next I just stuck a piece of electrical tape over the filler spot in the middle, then cleaned the whole thing up with some glass cleaner.
It looks good and less permanent than painting, although I wouldn't go through any automatic car washes with it. As a side note, I discovered that any areas that you have car wax stuck to your black trim just put a little rubber cement on it. Rub it off and all the wax residue is gone.
You will have plenty of shelf liner to work with so don't worry about mistakes.
Next I cleaned the front lip with a generic all purpose cleaner.
The shelf liner width is almost the right size you need to cover 1/2 the width of your front lip. I just laid a section up and eyeballed a length to cut, but you want it to be straight.
Next apply the rubber cement. Don't be shy... the excess is easily removable by just a light rubbing with a cloth or finger. I applied the rubber cement to both the front lip and the shelf liner, then attached.
I was carefull to lineup the shelf liner to the front edge of the grill. The little bit of excess that hung over at the bottom in front of the airdam I later trimmed off with a razor blade.
Next I just did the same thing with the other side.
I used a little bit of the shelf liner that I had trimmed off in an earlier step to fill in the gap that was left in the middle. Again always applying the rubber cement to the lip and shelf liner.
Next I just stuck a piece of electrical tape over the filler spot in the middle, then cleaned the whole thing up with some glass cleaner.
It looks good and less permanent than painting, although I wouldn't go through any automatic car washes with it. As a side note, I discovered that any areas that you have car wax stuck to your black trim just put a little rubber cement on it. Rub it off and all the wax residue is gone.
