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Scorcher000,Mar 26 2009, 08:27 PM Wrote:Body colour and do the fogs too.
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Focus man, Focus.,Mar 26 2009, 10:20 PM Wrote:Scorcher000,Mar 26 2009, 08:27 PM Wrote:Body colour and do the fogs too.
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I vote night shade, if it turns out bad you can always paint it to your body colour after.
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I'd take the side markers a TAD darker than what's there. Not the blacked-out setup I had on the sedan, but a little more "smoked" for sure.
And yes, +1 for the fog surrounds going dark. That colour suits a smoked-style accent setup VERY nicely.
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Black it out black it all out, Upper and Lower grill, fog surrounds and smoke the tails and sidemarkers
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Am I getting so old I thought I remembered posting not to do anything as they will chip?
WTF happened to my post?
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meford4u,Mar 27 2009, 10:25 AM Wrote:Am I getting so old I thought I remembered posting not to do anything as they will chip?
WTF happened to my post?
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I saw it ... it's in there somewhere and I got the message ... but that's an embarrasing amount of faux-chrome and I want it gone - I'd rather live with some chipping. Thanks for the expert input - even if you did sound like a geezer. :D
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meford4u,Mar 27 2009, 11:25 AM Wrote:Am I getting so old I thought I remembered posting not to do anything as they will chip?
WTF happened to my post?
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different thread old guy. ;)
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ZTWsquared,Mar 27 2009, 11:02 AM Wrote:meford4u,Mar 27 2009, 10:25 AM Wrote:Am I getting so old I thought I remembered posting not to do anything as they will chip?
WTF happened to my post?
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I saw it ... it's in there somewhere and I got the message ... but that's an embarrasing amount of faux-chrome and I want it gone - I'd rather live with some chipping. Thanks for the expert input - even if you did sound like a geezer. :D
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After a little thought, there is something else you could do.
The chrome grill typically is a black plastic piece with a chrome overlay. You could take some arm muscle and sandpaper and sand the chrome off it and then have it sprayed with just a clear. That way the chipping would be almost indistiguishable.
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meford4u,Mar 28 2009, 10:16 AM Wrote:ZTWsquared,Mar 27 2009, 11:02 AM Wrote:meford4u,Mar 27 2009, 10:25 AM Wrote:Am I getting so old I thought I remembered posting not to do anything as they will chip?
WTF happened to my post?
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I saw it ... it's in there somewhere and I got the message ... but that's an embarrasing amount of faux-chrome and I want it gone - I'd rather live with some chipping. Thanks for the expert input - even if you did sound like a geezer. :D
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After a little thought, there is something else you could do.
The chrome grill typically is a black plastic piece with a chrome overlay. You could take some arm muscle and sandpaper and sand the chrome off it and then have it sprayed with just a clear. That way the chipping would be almost indistiguishable.
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Now that's thinking outside the box - def something to check out - sounds pretty cost effective too.
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meford4u,Mar 28 2009, 10:16 AM Wrote:After a little thought, there is something else you could do.
The chrome grill typically is a black plastic piece with a chrome overlay. You could take some arm muscle and sandpaper and sand the chrome off it and then have it sprayed with just a clear. That way the chipping would be almost indistiguishable.
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How much "arm muscle" are we talking here? 'cause that sounds damn intriguing as a different option (IE: could a power sander do the job or would that just melt the plastic under the chrome that's being sanded off?)
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ok i looked at the pics and i agree night shade is bit better
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NefCanuck,Mar 28 2009, 04:07 PM Wrote:meford4u,Mar 28 2009, 10:16 AM Wrote:After a little thought, there is something else you could do.
The chrome grill typically is a black plastic piece with a chrome overlay.ÃÂ You could take some arm muscle and sandpaper and sand the chrome off it and then have it sprayed with just a clear.ÃÂ That way the chipping would be almost indistiguishable.
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How much "arm muscle" are we talking here? 'cause that sounds damn intriguing as a different option (IE: could a power sander do the job or would that just melt the plastic under the chrome that's being sanded off?)
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Wouldn't sanding leave a lot of scoring on the plastic. By taking the chrome off in steps of ever finer sand paper would take hours of manual labour. Also using a power sander would run the risk of heating the plastic to a point that could possibly cause dammage.
I still vote for the black chrome.
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If you want to remove the chrome, there are some chemical ways you can do it. Search online, there are suggestions to use everything from Pine-Sol, to bleach, to Muriatic Acid. You can get it down to the bare plastic, and paint it whatever you want then.
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NefCanuck,Mar 28 2009, 04:07 PM Wrote:meford4u,Mar 28 2009, 10:16 AM Wrote:After a little thought, there is something else you could do.
The chrome grill typically is a black plastic piece with a chrome overlay.ÃÂ You could take some arm muscle and sandpaper and sand the chrome off it and then have it sprayed with just a clear.ÃÂ That way the chipping would be almost indistiguishable.
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How much "arm muscle" are we talking here? 'cause that sounds damn intriguing as a different option (IE: could a power sander do the job or would that just melt the plastic under the chrome that's being sanded off?)
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You don't want to use any power sanders as that would run the risk of burning the plastic.
You could use a car buffer and compound, but I've never tried that.
It would take alot of effort to do this, but it would not leave sand marks if you start with a heavier grit and work your way down to a wet sandpaper upwards of 1200 grit. I wouldn't start with anything less than a 400 grit sandpaper.
There are chemicals out there that can remove the chrome, so this would/could be a good possibility.
But don't blame me if anything goes wrong.
I just suggest it. :D
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