So my window trim corners are chrome. And the chrome is showing through on straight peices... how can I buff the black crap off without damaging chrome? Can I buy the chrome peices somewhere?
Maybe try a little bit of paint thinners on a soft cloth in a small area first and see what it does, try not to get any on the rubbers or paint work and you dont want to use anything abrasive as it will scratch the crome bits and you will have to look at it every day and think to your self i shouldn't have done that. Quote: its just an idea and thats what i would try
Yea ill pull it off to try it. And ive already scuffed it a little trying. But if it turns outblike hell. Like I said sandblast and paint. And I did find it at the dealer all 8 pieces brand new chrome... its 400 damn dollars...
Get some airplane stripper from a auto paint supplier, than once all the paint is off polish out with a power buffer,one on a stand works best!
Airplane stripper huh. . Never heard of it. I got a wesco auto paint by my work il call em tomorrow. Thanks! And yes I put a buffing wheel on my drill press forjust such an occasion. Ill post up how it goes soon as I have time! Edit!! I just looked at the pic I posted and my reflection in my side mirror makes me look crazy.. im actually quite standard
If you leave your truck parked out in the hot sun, it will all peel/flake off by itself after a few years A little thread drift but I don't think it is chrome. It looks more like stainless steel. Most of the black rubber (the coating is not just paint) has flaked off on mine and even after years being parked outdoors and never being touched or polished or waxed, there is absolutely no rust. No pitting. Nothing. If it is stainless, I think it is amusing that in order to "cheapify" the trim for the base model trucks, instead of installing cheap, black painted mild steel parts, they coat stainless (?) parts with black rubber. I actually like the stainless (?) look; I peel off bits of rubber whenever I have a chance. Eventually, it will just be all stainless (?).
The 8 pieces are stainless & very expensive & hard to find!!! That stripper comes in spray or brush on,I like the spray!
Yes it has worn off this far from years of wear and I know its not actual chrome but what does heavily polished stainless look like... thats right chrome baby! And yes it is a black rubber crap I havent gotten to getting the stripper but to the prior poster. I worked the corner peice (top) loose and it slides off the straight peices then from there the straight peices slide right off. Key is they SLIDE off. The dealer had all the chrome peices but yea 400 for every thing. Being that im a mechanic and manage a shop that is a large commercial customer I jewed him down to 280. But thats if buffing doesnt work. If it does pics and write up wil come for un install. Strip buff and re install. FYI EVEN IF U LIKE IT AS IS. TAKE THEM OFF AND CLEAN CLEAN CLEAN! I had half a pine tree under mine and it was all wet and gross... rust paradise
To remove there is a tool ( get @ most auto paint shops or auto stores), still be careful as can bend out of shape! And stainless will polish out to a chrome finish & it stays!!
Interesting.. the clips that hold the trim on? I didnt need to remove them. Maybe to remove windsheild. I will probably add that tool to the arsenal anyway looks neat haha
