dechroming help needed

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rossmc88
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Wed Feb 20, 2008 1:23 pm

anyone know how to get the rear window dechrome trim on the car? ive got all other dechrome bits back on apart from the rear window bits, ive tried lots of fairy liquid and trying to push the trim on, is it easier to do it with the window removed?

any advice would be much appreciated

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Wed Feb 20, 2008 1:35 pm

PM cliffy he'll know! winkeye
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Wed Feb 20, 2008 2:21 pm

I was gonna say ... talk to cliffy! he can remove any bit of chrome in a flash! even a chrome tissue holder from Mcd's!! winkeye
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Wed Feb 20, 2008 2:26 pm

i saw the title and thought cliffy as well......

If there was ever a person to have something to do with chrome...... it would be cliffy
rossmc88
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Wed Feb 20, 2008 2:35 pm

ive removed all the chrome, its putting the shadowline on to replace it thats the hard bit, would he want to help since im replacing the chrome with shadowline? thought he was in the minority pro-chrome group?
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Wed Feb 20, 2008 3:56 pm

thats the window frames with the chrome removed

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this picture shows the shadowline frame placed on the window frame but not secured/properly fitted

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this is the shadowline window frame to be fitted

this dechroming isnt as easy as everyone makes out it is :cry:
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Wed Feb 20, 2008 4:14 pm

Yea cliffy is pro chrome..... and would prob try to convert you back to the... 'chrome side'
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Wed Feb 20, 2008 4:20 pm

lol yeah thats what i was thinking :mad:
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