[Focus man. Focus.]

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.  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?)

NefCanuck
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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.