I had the upper grill body color matched, blacked out lower grill, lightly tinted headlights, and 3M Clear bra protected the whole front end (all professionally done - I don't have the skills).
BEFORE: Way too much going on with black, body color, silver slats on grill, and chrome. Plus, too many competing vertical and horizontal lines:

AFTER:




BEFORE: Way too much going on with black, body color, silver slats on grill, and chrome. Plus, too many competing vertical and horizontal lines:

AFTER:



