All Black Front Grill
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All Black Front Grill
Hi i own a Black 1999 c230 kompressor and was wondering if anyone has ever painted thier front grill to be all black.... i know that you CANNOT paint over chrome but ive seen a couple benz' already that have all black front grills. Can someone please tell me how they do this? And does anyone know if the side moldings (all black) for sports can fit on reg. c classes.? i have chrome surrounding on my car ... basically i want every thing that is chrome on my car, black. Is this even possible? please people help me!!!!!
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its been done many times. either search on this forum or go to www.club202.com . generally speaking, you need to sand the chrome off to paint it whatever color you desire. same thing goes with the side moldings and body trims.
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I went to a paintshop (t&l paint) which is very popular and they said that its almost impossible to paint over chrome and that sanding the chrome will take forever and a day and wont even come off. They basically said its impossible to paint over chrome. Do you know any shops from anywhere in the U.S. so i can contact them and ask them on the phone? Please help.
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Originally posted by kye420
I went to a paintshop (t&l paint) which is very popular and they said that its almost impossible to paint over chrome and that sanding the chrome will take forever and a day and wont even come off. They basically said its impossible to paint over chrome. Do you know any shops from anywhere in the U.S. so i can contact them and ask them on the phone? Please help.
I went to a paintshop (t&l paint) which is very popular and they said that its almost impossible to paint over chrome and that sanding the chrome will take forever and a day and wont even come off. They basically said its impossible to paint over chrome. Do you know any shops from anywhere in the U.S. so i can contact them and ask them on the phone? Please help.
this is what you need to do, take apart the whole assembly, then frame, the grill and all the chrome strips it self. Have then paint the plastic grill insert. Then take all the chrome piece and have it either black chromed or powder coated. then put it all back together and NOW THE IMPOSSIBLE IS POSSIBLE.
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Hey 714guy .....nice pic and nice grill , im so jealous!!! but hey i was wondering if you can help me out since your in O.C. I live around L.A. and since your local, i was wondering if you knew anybody who knew who to powdercoat, like a good shop. If you didn't go through anyone, then email me and danielkye420@hotmail.com and hopefully you can help me out doing this bymyself if thats what you did. Please help me out 714guy!
