James ,,, he really was not the first to paint the upper ,,i painted mine over a year ago and i was not the first,, there are painted upper and lower as far back as 3 years,, when the site was upgraded or something a while back all those old post were lost, (((too Bad))) here are some pic of the things i did to my grille
1 opened it up for more air and painted it. I really like the uper and lower painted silver..jim
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amxfiresrt6002.jpg then the lower factory were painted factory black,see the top one.
crossfirenewlowergrilleblack004.jpg and of course ,, no one but me have the upper and lower the same factory slats and color.
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