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Old 11-19-2010, 01:25 PM
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have you done any wetsanding or polishing? how many coats of clear?
Old 04-22-2011, 02:33 PM
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Wonder if this would work On intake throttle body and other under hood stuff
Old 04-22-2011, 04:56 PM
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Originally Posted by whytryz28
Doesnt look like black chrome, guess its because its sprayed.

Should look like this.
I saw that picture on a different website, and they said it's fusion coating, and that it's very similar to powder coating.

This picture is from the same site, shows the differences between the 3.

Old 04-22-2011, 04:58 PM
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For the future - what I recommend is getting a cheap deck of cards - and stick them in between the rim and tire. No tape needed and it creates a great seal. I usually throw some newspaper in behind the cards which helps with any over spray.
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^^I like the card idea, I'll have to remember that.

I think the front rims turned out good, better I guess then I expected. At this point (running under the assumption these are polished and not chrome) would it be easier to just paint them a gunmetal color?

As far as using this stuff, how easy was it to get a consistent or even coating on all surfaces of the rim?
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It looks about as much like real black chrome as spray paint chrome looks like real chrome
It doesnt look great, at least not in the pics... but it doesnt look bad either. Different.
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Props for the effort, but not entirely sold on the color. I do think a gunmetal would look great! Perhaps go with a different color if they don't hold up...



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