I would like to chrome my bow-tie grille. I think it would look sweet with the clear markers and all...

Any input?

 

i think it would look really good on your car. i say go for it!

doc

 

Bling bling!

 

not chrome... not a 3rd gen... but kinda gives you an idea...

 

why are there hubcaps on that car??? doesnt seem right to me

 

v6 POWA!!

actually rksport and street trends make a buetifull carbon fibre peice to replace the stock ls1 grilles, dirt cheap. Street trends is also working on a new peice for the 93-97 griles to flush it carbon fibre.

Pays to have good freinds in the bizzzzz.

 

my idea behind chroming the bow-tie grille...

well i always liked the billet grilles, the fact that they look like chrome... but i don't like the design of the billet grille...

sooooo why not take a bowtie grille that everyones loves, and dip it...

i think i might just do it!

 

i dunno.....

The grille really isnt a grille so yod have this big splotch of solid chromey with a cpl lights in the middle......

maybe better lookign on a brighter color car to help cover up the chromeyness.

 

plastic X chrome dip = chips of chrome everywhere. i don't think that it will stick to the plastic well, but it might be cool to look at for the first two days you had it till some jerk in a dump truck lets his load loose

 

actually the bowtie grille is not plastic. it is metal.

here is a recent picture of my car if anybody wants to try a photoshop :P

 

got one without the plate?

 

nope, i use to have the plate off but cops bugged me on my old 91 camaro, so on the 92 i never took it off...

but i plan to when i get my custom plate

 

you can always try it on someone else's car... i just want to get an idea of how it will look.

anyhow time for me to sleep. i have an exam in 7 hours, and i still need another 5 hours of studying.

 

uh, the bow-tie grill i just put on my dad's car was made of some kinda ABS plastic or something. show me this metal grill.

 

The one in that pic looks like its painted silver. Maybe try that first and see how it looks.

 

so bowtie grills are metal and camaro grills are plastic??

 

ok i dunno about your grilles but mine seems to be metal.

i think???

i mean... when i fling it with my finger i hear a ting.

and it's heavy. hm... maybe i am just imagining things?

 

dude, pull yours off the car, there are only 4 screws. when you get it off, twist it. it flexes and twist all over the place. you can also see the molding lines in it, you should be able to see those with the grill still on the car. it's not metal, i promise.

 

Geez come on man, it's plastic. All of the thirdgen camaro grilles are plastic. If you don't believe me, just stick a magnet on it and watch it fall off.


(I have a bowtie grille right here, and, you guessed it, it's plastic.)

 

On another note, chroming it would look like *** imho. Think of a big blinging piece of chrome on a car that has NO chrome on it anywhere. EW.

 

You come up with some strange ideas dude.

But anyway... chromed plastic looks cheap. Actually, in my opinion, chromed anything looks cheap, but at least when you chrome metal, it can be durable and smooth. With plastic you'll get neither.

 

IMO it would look like ****

 

hes got a point....only thing chrome would be tips and rims if u have em

 

I agree with some of the above statements that it would not look good. Maybe just paint it silver like the 4thgen, might give you the look you are going for.
Matt

 

yeah the bowtie grills are def plastic i just got mine 2 days ago.... Here is a front end shot if someone really wants to see what it would look like chrome or whatever.

 

in my opinion, it just wouldnt look right, but then again im not a big fan of chrome, polished stuff looks cool, but you cant polish plastic...

 

metal grill? :sillylol:

 

If you want chrome this might work for you? NOt stock grill, But maybe?

http://store.yahoo.com/streetbeatcus...ril82che1.html

 

 

This is my stock grill...is this sorta what ur looking for?
...the crushed velvet is GONE!

 

I think you'd have better luck with some Chrome-Illusion spray paint, Easy..when done right, it can look REALLY good...!

PS - Remind me to burn you sometime on not knowing the difference between metal and pastic...