haha nice mate, i actually converted mine from silver to white today too. i didn't mesh it, just pulled the stock grille shit out with pliers. I actually meshed the one on my last trx and it looked just like that.
I attacked mine with some paint stripper, scraper and some sandpaper. I white primed it, sanded again. Primed some more sanded it and painted away, turned out bloody nice. I actually pulled my nissan badge off with a flat screwdriver so i didn't have to worry about taping it up and stuck it on again later.