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 ronster
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 posted on May 17th, 2004 at 12:32 PM |
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Crazy idea?!
Hi all,
Been thinking how cool it'd be to get my bumper painted to a metallic silvery colour instead of having chrome ones and it'd match the colour of my
wheels! 
Hate having to polish the bumpers every 2nd week!
I saw some old posts about painting on top of chrome parts...
It seems the way to go is to strip the bumpers off their chrome then paint on bare metal...
Has anyone done this to a pair of superbug bumpers(without indicators)? I have Brazilian ones... Roughly how much it'd be? Should I ask the painter
to do it when I get my car resprayed?
Thanks,
Ron
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| posted on May 17th, 2004 at 05:16 PM |
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If the bars are already rusted, then dont bother trying to paint them, the rust will come back. If they are unrusted, yes you will have to remove the
chrome. If it is nice and thin it should sand off fairly easily, or you can chemically remove it. Sand blasting may not be really effective, but you
can try it if you like.
Should only cost abot $200 extra to get them painted.
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| posted on May 17th, 2004 at 08:34 PM |
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some great hotrods getting around with this treatment at the moment. there was an orange 57 chevvy a while back (couple of years) with the silver
painted chrome and it looked magnificent. also an austin a-30 featured in street machine.
Reimagined/Recycled/Upcycled Cool
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ronster
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| posted on May 17th, 2004 at 11:51 PM |
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Thanks for the tips guys!
Will ask around sydney to see how much I can get it done for!
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| posted on May 18th, 2004 at 08:58 AM |
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mike from vvds, did this with his beetle. looks sweet.
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| posted on May 18th, 2004 at 08:59 AM |
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mike from vvds, did this with his beetle. looks sweet.
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| posted on May 18th, 2004 at 09:00 AM |
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mike from vvds, did this with his beetle. looks sweet.
jeez. :cussing still cannot post pics.
whats happening?
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ronster
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| posted on May 18th, 2004 at 11:52 AM |
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yeh, i've always loved the colour scheme of mike's car
i haven't seen anyone painting superbug bumpers with metallic colours tho...
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