Chrome Chipping

by **grsd03** » Wed Apr 13, 2005 2:31 am

Hey,

My chrome on the grill is flaking off, has anyone found a way to repaint it back to chrome?? If so what paint and procedure did u use? I've done a search and i've seen posts on how they painted it to flat black or some other color but didn't see an answer to painting it back to chrome.

Thanks

by **thealkimo** » Wed Apr 13, 2005 2:36 am

i guess you can get it dipped...

don't know how much that would cost tho...

by **redkysolarase** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 5:51 am

I asked a guy who knows some people and he told me about $125 maybe more to get it dipped.

by **RichD978** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 5:55 am

man for that price u can get a new grille... I've seen chrome spray paint yesterday at the auto store. lol not sure how it'll work...

by **Jon11582** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 6:51 am

Theres no way you can spray chrome on right. Any lump or unevenness is going to very obviously show.

Where you located? I have a second grill that has perfect chrome, but I plan to spray it black anyways.

PM me if your interested.

http://members.sounddomain.com/99stolara · by **sto** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 6:58 am

take the chrome off, the blackened grill is the sh*t!!!

-sto

by **Fletch** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 9:19 am

take the chrome off, the blackened grill is the sh*t!!!

-sto

So true. I wish there was a good way to black out the chrome trim around the windows also.

by **hari-bhari** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 9:19 am

cant you sand it down and spray paint it with the chrome spray paint?

by **RichD978** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 9:19 am

would paint thinner get the chrome off ?

by **Astro** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 10:03 am

RichD978 wrote:would paint thinner get the chrome off ?

That should work, if not just sand it off. That what I did when I painted mine.

by **RichD978** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 10:04 am

Astro wrote:
RichD978 wrote:would paint thinner get the chrome off ?

That should work, if not just sand it off. That what I did when I painted mine.

Why did you paint it rather then do the mesh? Dont get me wrong, I like the painted grille, its unique but what made you decide on painting the whole grille ?

by **Solorange** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 2:44 pm

If it is flaking off, cant you just use a power washer to take the rest off and then you dont have to paint it black?

by **udonoogen** » Fri Apr 15, 2005 12:14 am

mine is chipping too. i was just going to do it ghetto style and take a small piece of that chrome sticker stuff and stick it on. either that or i'll scratch on a gum wrapper or use a silver pen!

by **Chris A** » Fri Apr 15, 2005 1:11 am

Dont they sell chrome modeling paint.. I was planning on looking for some this weekend..

by **grsd03** » Sat Apr 16, 2005 9:06 pm

I have a silver solara so thats why I don't want to black it out because I don't think it'll look right if I have a big black grill when the rest of my car is silver and chrome.

Dipping the grill is way to expensive.

I was also wondering about the chrome spray paint, I've seen them for as low as 5 bucks cdn. I just don't want it to look like crap.

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