De-Croming Kidneys

Post Thu Dec 13, 2007 2:43 am

Sup my fellow zoners.. oviously its a common fact every1 gets stone chips when driving insanly! well after driving lyka nutter i found my front kidney grill De-Croming and im in need resparying them! jus wanted to knw what spray/ or how to black em out again?? (have i gotta sand em down or summit??)

Post Thu Dec 13, 2007 2:54 am

If it were me mate i would give them a sanding before respraying. If it was one or two small chips id probably use a touch up kit to fill in the gaps. I want to do mine soon... gona get another one though and keep one chrome

Post Thu Dec 13, 2007 3:03 am

do you just use normal sanding paper?? and what spray do i use?? and wher can it bee purchased???

Post Thu Dec 13, 2007 1:43 pm

yep as Jay07 said, use a fine sand paper just to etch it, and for the spray paint, you can go to any paint shop or hardware store and get yourself a can of either matt black or glossy black. Which ever catches your fancy.

Post Thu Dec 13, 2007 10:51 pm

you can also use satin black to match with the rest of the trim as its the original bmw grill colour

Post Fri Dec 14, 2007 3:09 am

Cheers thts want i wanted to know! 'Satin Black'.. im sure iv got some lyin around sumwher

Post Fri Dec 14, 2007 9:49 am

dont de chrome it

Post Fri Dec 14, 2007 9:57 am

cliffybabe wrote:dont de chrome it

+1

Post Fri Dec 14, 2007 5:35 pm

i prefer to.. cus itsthey matches and suits the rest of the grill

Post Fri Dec 14, 2007 8:41 pm

Its good to have one of each... change them according to your mood lol

Post Mon Dec 17, 2007 1:01 am

tari wrote:Its good to have one of each... change them according to your mood lol

a mood grill

Post Thu Dec 20, 2007 3:15 pm

I would never have a de-chrome day

Post Thu Dec 20, 2007 4:23 pm

amble-gamble wrote:I would never have a de-chrome day

another chrome lover

Post Thu Dec 20, 2007 5:03 pm

+1 i love the chromeness of my baur

Post Thu Dec 20, 2007 8:21 pm

tari wrote:Its good to have one of each... change them according to your mood lol

Yep but never been in the mood to swap the chromie back

Post Fri Dec 21, 2007 1:27 am

Cotty wrote:
tari wrote:Its good to have one of each... change them according to your mood lol
Yep but never been in the mood to swap the chromie back

me too...

no offense to all you chrome lovers

Post Thu Jan 10, 2008 11:00 pm

what u have to do is sand them down with 800 wet and dry then apply a light to medium coat of Etch primer this contains some kinda acid, this is used normally for priming aluminium and other bare metals but will bite into keyed chrome. once this has dried to the touch paint straight over it with either satin or gloss black hope this helps.

Post Thu Jan 10, 2008 11:37 pm

I'd recommend lacquering the grill after as this helps prevent stone chips... although the mat grill does look nice

Post Sun Jan 13, 2008 8:29 pm

john-rambo wrote:what u have to do is sand them down with 800 wet and dry then apply a light to medium coat of Etch primer this contains some kinda acid, this is used normally for priming aluminium and other bare metals but will bite into keyed chrome. once this has dried to the touch paint straight over it with either satin or gloss black hope this helps.

bang on. i own a bodyshop and thats how i'd do it. you can do that with all sorts, ie platics. wiper arms etc but make sure if your doing plastics use a plastic primer and you key up all areas, degrease to prevent reaction with silicone bassed polishes. upol is very good shit for primers and satin black

Post Tue Jan 15, 2008 2:43 am

Thank You, Will get on it once the weather picks back up & when i get round buying the suff!

Post Tue Jan 15, 2008 10:10 am

Top info lads, nice one