Painting Emblems & Grill Black Chrome
#47
09-06-2008 | 04:05 PM
Originally Posted by V35 Skyline GT
Here's what real black chrome (chromium) grill looks like on a DG 
Wish that were my grill.
And my real black chromium rear badges.
Found a spray-on product that comes very close, but it's too hard to get even and stay uniform while spraying over original chrome, so I'm going with a gun metal metalizer lacquer. Color not quite as real ones in the pictures, but oh well. I'll post pix when I do that in a few weeks.
Wish that were my grill.And my real black chromium rear badges.
Found a spray-on product that comes very close, but it's too hard to get even and stay uniform while spraying over original chrome, so I'm going with a gun metal metalizer lacquer. Color not quite as real ones in the pictures, but oh well. I'll post pix when I do that in a few weeks.
#48
09-07-2008 | 12:03 PM
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Originally Posted by sfgr415
^^^ looking good... i like the 2-tone headlights.
Originally Posted by calcul8
that looks really nice
Originally Posted by dofu
Maybe it's just the pics, but it looks like they added a lot of black, canceling out most of the chrome paint... I'll be doing an emblem delete and painting my grill a bright black chrome next week...
#49
09-24-2008 | 09:46 PM
Originally Posted by V35 Skyline GT
Thanx for the compliments guys
It's probably the pictures. Lighting is everything, time of day, angle of camera, reflections, etc. Need to see in person of how real black chromium process actually looks on my V35 badges.
It's probably the pictures. Lighting is everything, time of day, angle of camera, reflections, etc. Need to see in person of how real black chromium process actually looks on my V35 badges.
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09-25-2008 | 10:18 AM
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Originally Posted by dofu
Is that thing chrome dipped? Or is it paint? I've found that if you use the paint, if you spray only about 2 layers, it'll look more like chrome, but with 3, 4 or so layers, it'll look gray and hazy.
Grill and headlight bezels were paint as I mentioned in earlier posts.
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09-27-2008 | 09:57 AM
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^ Try Googling black chromium plating + shops + CA and look for shops near you. Most shops only do metal chromium, so check to make sure they do plastic chromium too.
Ones I got were done by a member down in SoCal and no longer offers them, so don't really know any up our way (NorCal) or have personally used.
Ones I got were done by a member down in SoCal and no longer offers them, so don't really know any up our way (NorCal) or have personally used.
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