One the head lights I did 1 coat of nightshades. On the fogs I did 2 coats. One the brake lights and 3rd brake light I did 3. Yes I removed the grille to spray it. That is by far the way to go, don't try and mask off the area. It's not super hard to take out. Yes I also removed the emblems. The front one is easy, right behind the grill its held in place by 4 clips and the rear was just 2M double stick tape holding it on. I took of the wheel, left the tire off, just jacked up the truck, took off one wheel, masked off the tire and sprayed the wheel. Dont try and do it with wheel on or you'll get plasti dip on the rotor.
The color that we have is my absolute fav. The reason I got the sport version is because I can not stand chrome and luckily every piece that was chrome is now black. I'm not sure how it would look, I don't think it would look bad, maybe a little different but different isn't always bad. I already did the exhaust tips black, thought I posted a picture of that...