I know what you mean about cars in adverts, I did think that as well. It does look a bit empty and it definitely does look good with the badge, still undecided on this! Still got the original grille in the garage and it is a 2 minute swap. 
You can see the bad match in the 3rd picture a bit, the problem isn't aged paint: paint lightens with age due to UV exposure, the grille is a shade too light, whenever I have used grey primer in the past the match has been good and the paint has come out dark, metallic red, but this time I used red as instructed and it is too light.
I might just go back to halfords, explain the primer differences and that in the past the match has been great but this time it was off, and see if they'll give me some more paint and primer. I did everything as instructed with their red primer. Typically if you complain they just replace things without giving you any hassle.
You can see the bad match in the 3rd picture a bit, the problem isn't aged paint: paint lightens with age due to UV exposure, the grille is a shade too light, whenever I have used grey primer in the past the match has been good and the paint has come out dark, metallic red, but this time I used red as instructed and it is too light.
I might just go back to halfords, explain the primer differences and that in the past the match has been great but this time it was off, and see if they'll give me some more paint and primer. I did everything as instructed with their red primer. Typically if you complain they just replace things without giving you any hassle.
This post is an artistic work of fiction and falsehood. Only a fool would take anything posted above as fact.
62k Diablo Phase 1 Gti-6: Project Thread
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