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Chrome Grille! #124303 10/23/00 05:04 AM
Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 5,296 The "Safest" City in... 1 1st 3L 95SE Wannabe OP Member
OP 1st 3L 95SE Wannabe Member 1 Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 5,296 The "Safest" City in...	I just painted my grille chrome. It looks PHAT!!!!! Question though, what can I do to prevent it from getting chipping? Thanks! AK UBRF.org , Western New York's Premiere Automotive Forum. Yeah, I got some bolt-ons. Car Pics Video of Brullen cat-back on a \'95 SE How-to: Short Shifter for Pre-98 MTX "heres the deal $2 grand buy in winner gets the cash and the girl and the respect. We'll race from 0 to Inf. until I win." - someone on the internet

Re: Chrome Grille! #124304 10/23/00 05:17 AM
Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 1,701 Home of the bad a$$ KINGS S Saturnk1 Member
Saturnk1 Member S Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 1,701 Home of the bad a$$ KINGS	Do you have any pics? SVT? or other? ------------------ Nick Jones http://www.angelfire.com/sk2/saturn36 Nick 2000 Malibu LS Mods: K&N, Jet-PCM Lowered with Eibach's and on 18's,Clear Sidemarkers,Tinted all around, badgeless Retired Vehicles: 98 Contour

Re: Chrome Grille! #124305 10/23/00 07:01 AM
Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 170 PR,CA,USA T Travis Member
Travis Member T Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 170 PR,CA,USA	Did you paint a couple of coats of clear to protect it? That would be about it! ------------------ 99 SVT K+N 35% 3M tint on all 5 windows Rear valance painted silver Painted all the grilles silver as well! Special lightweight tires!/Soon to get Kuhmo tires! The SVT is like....numbered and stuff-#1079/2760 99 SVT K+N 4/99-35% 3M tint on all 5 windows 6/99-Rear valance painted silver 10/00-Painted all the grilles silver as well! 10/00-D & T short shifter 225/45/16 Kuhmo Ecsta 712s 3/01-Red Ford Emblems with Black flames The SVT is like....numbered and stuff-#1079/2760

Re: Chrome Grille! #124306 10/23/00 01:08 PM
Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 585 Moline. IL S sweetsvt99 Member
sweetsvt99 Member S Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 585 Moline. IL	What kind of paint did you use? I was thinking about using Testors plastic paint for it, but I'm not so sure it will hold up.. ------------------ -Steve '99 T-Red SVT #102 www.geocities.com/sweetsvt99 SweetSVT99@aol.com -Steve '99 T-Red SVT #102 sholland@svtperformance.com www.svtperformance.com Search?

Re: Chrome Grille! #124307 10/23/00 07:30 PM
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Anonymous Unregistered A	AK: Let us know in a couple months how it looks. I've heard that the paint will just flake right off, and look like $HIT before long. I'd love to be wrong, though. ------------------ 97 Contour Sport V6-ATX/KKM/JET chip/rear STB/rear dome lamp/SVT 16" wheels BFG G-force KDW's/LeBra/Fogs-as-DRLs/battery in trunk

Re: Chrome Grille! #124308 10/23/00 10:00 PM
Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 1,507 Bel Air, Maryland M Moe Member
Moe Member M Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 1,507 Bel Air, Maryland	Well, I painted my grilles a silver color and blacked out the chrome on the grille and trunk. I had it done by a friend of a friend at a body shop. It's been painted for about 4 months and no chipping or flaking. [img]http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=1189319&a=8760449&p=31378055[/img] [img]http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=1189319&a=8760449&p=31378058[/img] ------------------ Mike Bel Air, Maryland Black 98.5 SVT #5486 w/ a few mods -- Mike (Moe)Lester -- 98.5 SVT #5486 moesvt@comcast.net Get your a$$ on IM and stop wasting bandwidth!!!!!!

Re: Chrome Grille! #124309 10/24/00 09:20 PM
Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 5,296 The "Safest" City in... 1 1st 3L 95SE Wannabe OP Member
OP 1st 3L 95SE Wannabe Member 1 Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 5,296 The "Safest" City in...	I used Rust-Olea with some white primer beneath it. AK Quote: Originally posted by sweetsvt99: What kind of paint did you use? I was thinking about using Testors plastic paint for it, but I'm not so sure it will hold up.. UBRF.org , Western New York's Premiere Automotive Forum. Yeah, I got some bolt-ons. Car Pics Video of Brullen cat-back on a \'95 SE How-to: Short Shifter for Pre-98 MTX "heres the deal $2 grand buy in winner gets the cash and the girl and the respect. We'll race from 0 to Inf. until I win." - someone on the internet

Re: Chrome Grille! #124310 10/25/00 02:06 AM
Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 170 PR,CA,USA T Travis Member
Travis Member T Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 170 PR,CA,USA	I used dupli-colors import paint in the Platinum and clear variety. Had it on only a few weeks and ran it through a few hand car washes with no problems. I hear doing the clear makes a big difference! Quote: Originally posted by sweetsvt99: What kind of paint did you use? I was thinking about using Testors plastic paint for it, but I'm not so sure it will hold up.. ------------------ 99 SVT K+N 35% 3M tint on all 5 windows Rear valance painted silver Painted all the grilles silver as well! Special lightweight tires!/Soon to get Kuhmo tires! The SVT is like....numbered and stuff-#1079/2760 99 SVT K+N 4/99-35% 3M tint on all 5 windows 6/99-Rear valance painted silver 10/00-Painted all the grilles silver as well! 10/00-D & T short shifter 225/45/16 Kuhmo Ecsta 712s 3/01-Red Ford Emblems with Black flames The SVT is like....numbered and stuff-#1079/2760

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