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914World.com _ 914World Garage _ painting bumper grills

Posted by: shaggy Sep 17 2006, 10:23 PM

i have 72 chrome bumbers that look very very good for being 34 years old, but the plastic grills need some attention...

does anyone know what paint they were originally done with?

is it wurth silver like the wheels were?

i have a can of it here and the cap indicates a much faller color that the grills are.

the grills have a very even metallic color very similar to chrome.

anyone have experience doing this and know what to use?

thanks
-shaggy

Posted by: Aaron Cox Sep 17 2006, 10:24 PM

they were a spray on chrome...

soak em in simple green for a few hours and scrub....

Posted by: shaggy Sep 17 2006, 10:30 PM

thanks!

is that a home depot item by chance?

-jim

Posted by: Aaron Cox Sep 17 2006, 10:31 PM

homer depot and flaps...

organic based cleaner (simple GREEN)

Posted by: shaggy Sep 17 2006, 10:35 PM

will do!

thanks AAron!

-jim

Posted by: Aaron Cox Sep 17 2006, 10:37 PM

joo got it! it worked well enough on mine. you may also try wetsanding with 1000 and 2000 grit to polish out any rust or pits