On Thu, 11 Feb 1999 15:03:00 -0600, you wrote:
>Hi Rob,
>Welcome back! I have Brownells book and a donor roof but was just
>wondering if there was a better (easier) way to do this job. Like to
>check out all my options as long as I'm procrastinating.
> Did you get any useful advice on preparing the grille guard for
>painting? I suppose a chrome plating shop could remove the old finish
>but don't know the cost. You could always chrome the front bumper and
>Grille to match. :>)
I can't believe I have not gotten around to doing something with the grill guard
before now as I was VERY excited when I first got it. Just too many projects I
guess. The only suggestion I've received so far, is to sandblast, which is what
I planned to do unless someone came up with a better idea. I had thought about
doing a "reverse" chroming, but suspect that that would be almost as expensive
(if not more so) than a chrome job, which is why I painted the bumper to begin
with as the chrome job cost too much (plus the original bumper had a big split
in it that was easily repaired with a thin layer of bondo and then primer and
paint.) Not sure what it would have cost to have it fixed first and THEN
chromed. If I find a good (cheap) suitable bumper for rechroming, then I will
probably have BOTH bumper and grill guard chromed, which is also why I don't
want to damage the guard to the point of making it unsuitable for a later
rechroming.
Rob
>John
>
>"Rob J." wrote:
>>
>>
>> John,
>>
>> I have seen a write up on doing this. Seems as if the Brownell book has a
>> section devoted to doing this. However, it required a donor vehicle so may
>not
>> be what you wanted, nor maybe how Jack did his? Just thought I'd mention it.
>>
>> Rob
>> >
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