Has anyone ever tried to chrome ta vent fenders
im goin for an all chrome and black idea for my 1990 350 firebird

i figured i could chrome them because u can take fenders off and on with realative ease

let me know what u guys think

 

Hmmm...you're looking to chrome out your entire bird or just certain parts?

 

well i was lookin to just do the fenders and maybe the doors because they would be easy to do eventually i would like to swap t tops onto my car at which time i would finish off the bird in chrome

and also if anyone knows of a way to protect chrome from gettin scratched or ****ed up (puttin 5 clear coats on ?) any ideas?

 

put chrome anything other then rims on that car, and I WILL hunt you down...

 

I think it'll look tacky. Very tacky.

But its your car.

 

Chrome looks so friggin cheap. Chroming crap that was never supposed to be chrome is even worse. Chroming plastic crap that was never supposed to be chrome ranks right up there with curb feelers and **** floor mats.

 

Agreed, especially if you don't do it all at once.
I know haw to avoid ruining chrome, don't do it

 

What do you think about my targa top top when I finish it? I'm gonna polish the top, would it look tacky? OR Gettho?

 

wait.. is it gunna be polished like aluminum polish or like my ttop that has that look to it?

 

Yeah it will be polished just like this...

 

I think the targa would look super tacky like that. IMO.....

 

You're gonna polish just the top? I think that'll look tacky.

 

85SC... your polish crazy!!!! why dont you polish some of my stuff man!!! hehehehe. the mans gone crazy on the count of the polish.... its like catnip for hot rodders...

 

IMO it'll look like ***. not to mention you'll cause pile-ups wherever you go from people being blinded by your glare

 

how long will that manifold stay shiney like that? does it require maintenance like normal polished parts/

 

It would stay shiney for years if coated in Zoopseal. I'm not sure how long the eastwoodco clear coat stuff will last. And if you just put it on with no protective coating it will last over a year with proper cleaning matienece. Clean about 2-3 times a month with some kind of aluminum polish. BlueMagic is great
I highly highly reccomend using the Zoopseal, sure its 130.00 and you'll have lots left over to use on other parts, it will keep the shine held in the aluminum for a very long time, it wont turn yellow, and it wont peel. All the matienence will be spent putting some windex"amonina free" to keep the coating surface clean.

http://www.zoops.com/zoopseal.asp


The 82 will be a show car. So it will only be driven to shows or for Pimpin I'm polishin crazy I know
I kinda like the idea of polishing the top, it would be one heck of an eye catcher.

Could someone photoshop a polished top on a t'top car????

 

A frien of mine chromed his cylinder barrels (steel) on a Harley, and they started to rust after jut a couple of days. Chrome has a lot of pore's in them and don't protect the steel against rusting very good. The nice chromed parts which dont rust, are often made out of brass. In some occations they apply something they call 3 coated chorome, which is supposed to be a stating layer of copper. But my own experience with chrome is that it's expensive, dont hold up like original chrome, and in the end of the day, just crap.

Aluminum is a much better medium to polish, but the best is of course stainless steel. I have experience on building Harleys, and stainless is the only material you get what you pay for, because its the only who lasts.

But chroming parts of a car? Thats a big no no... it wouldn't be cheap either. But if it is, then you can be shure it's crap chrome anyway..

 

Don't do it...the only thing that should be polished or chrome on the outside of these cars are the wheels. It would definitely look very tacky.

 

people will also say they look redneckish..i kinda like them but not for my car

 

I like a car to be one complete color......

A chrome targa top or fender vents???

The only thing you need chrome are the front grill, rims and the exhaust tips......everything else, another color.....

 

Where you talking about the fender vent or the whole fender. Because thats a big difference... If your only talking about the vent, go for it. If it dont look good, no problem, just swap it out. But fenders and doors..lol no no. Black and chrome is always good together, maybe a vent wont look so bar if only the wheels are just as bright.

But you know, once you start with chrome, it has a tendency to need to be more and more...you can never stop after that.

 

i think itll look like a glorified delorean

 

Ick!

 

NO NO NO. CHROME LOOKS LIKE **** ON CARS OTHER THAN WHEELS.

 

blech

 

 

 

Chroming body panels on a car would be crazy and expensive. Audi had a concept car in the early 90's that was all chrome. Or actually now that I think about it I think it was polished aluminum...since audi is known for using aluminum.
Mods the following pictures are just to give an idea to what a car that was chromed would look like.

 

I am be alone in my opinion, but that Audi looks awesome.

 

You are not alone, that Audi does look pretty sweet......

 

I agree also!

 

yeah but thats cause the whole damn thing is chrome! lol

 

i saw a 91-92 rs with chrome fenders thursday... I almost put my foot up the kids ****...

 

At first thought it doesn't sound horrible, but thinking about it - yeah it is.

Anyone have a picture of something like that? Then maybe we could make more definitive conclusions.

 

Holy crap, that Audi is badass!!

 

The chrome idea sounds like it belongs up there in lowriderz'ville. Need to get some gold on there now too, and some 13" wires with white walls, better yet....some 22's!
Actually, I'm just teasing, but honestly, down in Va i see old Chevy Caprices, and Impala's with lile the whole front end chromed....And it just does'nt look right...to me anyways. But they say beauty is in the eye of the beholder....(beerholder?)

 

you make so much sense