I decided to paint my washer nozzles over the weekend. Removing them was easy. I applied 2 coats of adhesion promoter, 3 coats of color and 1 coat of clear. I think it looks cleaner now instead of having two black nipples on my hood.

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I might paint my Sirius satellite antenna on the rear decklid next. Undecided still. Would have to sand down the grainy finish until smooth and then paint it.

 

Looks AWESOME!! When you painted the nozzles how did you prevent paint from clogging the opening in the nozzle?

 

Oh crap...I forgot about the openings!

















Just kidding! I blocked the openings with toothpicks.

 

Toothpicks? Hmm... I'd have never thought to use them! Kewl!!

 

Got to admit, a very cool looking mod!! Excellent painting results. We too, also have the black Sirius Frog on the deck lid. Wonder if painting it, will somehow affect the signal's strength?? Let us know if you do decide to paint your Sirius frog also (pixs). Thanks for sharing. CalStang

 

I painted my Sirius antenna last year. No problems with reception at all.

Mark

 

Wow! That looks really good. Now I'm really going to paint mine. No more debating it. The only thing I read that would affect reception is if metallic paint was used to paint the antenna. Grabber orange isn't metallic so it didn't affect your reception.

By the way, did you sand yours smooth before painting? Looks like it's smooth in the pic.

 

Yes. I removed the antenna from the trunk, took the cover off and sanded it smooth prior to painting. It was easy.

Mark

 

Great mods for both the antenna and nozzles.

 

Out of curiousity how did you get the cover to come off? Aside from the bolt that holds it to the deck lid are there screws that hold on the cap? Does it snap on? Or is it glued?

 

There are torx screws on the bottom of the base.

 

Good to know!! Thanks for the info...

 

Once you remove the antenna from the trunk, remove the 4 small Torx screws from the bottom. The cover will come off as shown in the picture below.




Mark

 

About 6 months ago, washer thingy's, and antena (sp ) ( beer ) base, the front lower bumper insert thingy's, and the raditor support cover thing, and while I was at it, my cell phone too

Tim

 

Should have all just bought a black one