Originally posted by speasle:
No photochop here. I wet sanded all the chrome off starting
at 400 grit and worked my way up to 800. I then shot some
gloss black tremclad on it (its kind of rubbery when it dries). I heat cured it (sort of). Let it sit for 3 days,
resanded to 800 wet and shot some gloss black car enamel
on it. It's more chip resistant than the factory paint.
Which by the way is cracking all to s&#$ !! Typical...


(the heat curing process is letting it sit on a heat
vent in your house after the paint is tack free. My girlfriend almost killed my over the smell in the house...)



I just repainted my wiper arms last week. I bought some expensive "Automotive Paint" at Canadian Tire. The damn stuff cracked up anywhere I hadn't sanded the arms right down to bare metal. Grrrrrrrrr. So after re-sanding them down I switched to some bargain brand flat black they had in the paint section and it worked perfect.

Should I be sanding down ALL the chrome off the grill? And do I lay down a primer coat or just go with the gloss black only.

Lardy.

Previous owner of a 99 Mystique V6 MTX Black Current owner of a 2004 Maxima SE MTX Silver Forsale: Yakima roof rack. Q-towers, bars, clips, locks. Good condition.