I actually have two grills one I painted myself,and one I had painted at a body shop. Of course the body shop looks better. The one I did myself I painted the silver trim at the front of the grill so the entire grill was black. the one I had at the body shop I had them leave the silver, silver. It actually looks better with the silver left on it, because of the silver trim around the windshield and on the side of the car.jim