Re: New look for less
04fire - Hey! Go for it! Painted silver grill with chrome strips might look hot! You can always change the color if you don't like it. I think the black makes the grill sort of "fade away" making the chrome strips look like they are floating. If you do the silver/chrome thing, be sure to take pics and post.
ben47 - Thanks for the kudos. The silver strips are actually fairly easy to remove. They have a series of tabs that go through the grill. It looks like they used some heat to melt the edges slightly to make them stay in position. I used a knife to ever so lightly pry the strip from the edge of the grill "blade", then slowly and carefully slid a flat blade screw driver under it and pried it away gently to release the tab. I pried it from the bottom of the strip at the point that is out of view so I wouldn't scratch the top "blade" of the grill. With a couple of the more stubborn tabs, I used a cloth between the screw driver and the grill section.