I wanna chrome it, the whole body!
I know it's a crazy idea, and I'm not actually going to do it.
But I saw a pic of a thirdgen once, and something about the light gave the impression of a fully chromed body at first glance. And it looked KILLER.
It would never be practical for a number of reasons, but what I'm really thinking of is a finish that would be nearly as reflective, possibly with a slight bronze tint. With a black carbon fiber hood.
Does anyone know of a paint that would have that effect?
I think it would give a whole new definition to the term "Pimped Out"

I get this way when I stay up too late at night.

 

that my friend would be sick!!! but would u reaally do that to a thirdgen?

 

Real chrome?? No, not a thirdgen. Only a show car for that. And for a show car I'd pick something that's all metal from the '50s or early '60s
But painted... Yeah
Except I have a feeling my lady would be insanely jealous. Although she'd never say so, subconsiously she'd be plotting to destroy it.
For that matter, the glass could be mirrored too. The only part you wouldn't be able to see yourself in would be the tires.

 

 

I dunno....I think it looks pretty sweet myself...

 

Here's the paint you want.

Not cheap though

http://www.alsacorp.com/products/mir...mirra_show.htm

 

do like we'd do w/ an airplane, make some panels for it out of sheet aluminum, and polish the whole damn thing. You'll spend 5 times more time polishing than you would driving, however, if you were simply using it as a show car, and it was being "trailered" to the show, then, i'd say, a polished car would be pimp. However, then you've gotta form new bumpers, along w/ ground fx.

 

Thanks for the replies.

Any chance someone with photoshop could show us what a thirdgen would look like mirrachromed, like that pic that BirdsofPray posted??

Mirrored glass not nessecary, black hood, T tops if possible, maybe with a slight bronze tint.
That'd be cool, thanks.

 

Ive seen a Chrome-maro at a local carshow it looked like a thirdgen RS and it was BADASS.

 

why not make it goooold

Chrome would make it look badass tho

 

I have seen that paint live before it is kinda dull... not glossy like regular paint... and because of the high metallic properties it doesnt last long... but does look kinda Kool

 

Maybe copper plating with a clear coat over it.
... Or black chrome.

 

Now black chrome would be cool.

 

Black Chrome like this

 

ok huys here is what i tried to do in photshop it sort of looks like chrome. soory for the imperfection but chrome is a very hard thing to photoshop onto a car

 

I'll take one of those!

You know what would be really cool??
What if all you had to do is make a wish and post it on TGO... and BINGO!!
You go out to your garage and there it is...

My '85 plated in black chrome, with a Dart aluminum block 434 under the hood.
uhhh... I just realized I'm late getting back from my lunch break... Enough fantasizin' :lala:

Back to reality

 

The bad thing about the mirrorchrome is it's real difficult to get it to bond on paint. Need a smooth as glass surface to adhere to. I don't think it would handle the flex involved with our nose and bumper.

 

the only reason that the surface has to be smooth as glass is to get the full efffect out of the paint and to make it look mirror like the paint can be used on metals, plastics, wood, foams etc. if you read the info on the site it tells you the reason behind making the surface smooth and it tells you all the steps to take to apply it

 

ditch the blue lights

 

lol....


slick

 

hope you dont mind me using you car kandied i just love your car and figure that it would only look right on a car as nice as yours

 

nope...it's funny though because the new project is going to see some of the candy chrome. something similar seen here. just trying to learn the properties right...

 

Kandied is actually the one that turned me on to the Alsa paints via this forum

 

it's a very tricky paint....just not sure if it's right for a whole car. we've been working with smaller projects and that seems to work much better then large base vehicles.

 

It not exctly the cheapiest stuff out there either. I just got a buddy to go in on some for some airbrushing. I'll have to play with it and see.

 

compared to my candy paint it's reasonable and cheaper.

 

that would look sooooo tight if one of you could pull it off. i cant say i know dick about it but if its doable and durable then i want one.:hail: :hail: :hail:

 

so tight.ridiculously hot. ludacrisly good-looking. you have a young marine salivating

 

I actual;ly thought the temperature sensitive stuff was really cool...

John

 

problem with that is the duration. supposedly it's been tested up to a ten year period and still working however it's hard to believe knowing what hot wheels and hypercolor went through.

used subtle on pinstripe, ghost effects, etc. the color changing is really fun. i couldn't see myself doing a whole car though. trying to find a way to implement the chrome paint into a subtle piece as a base of sorts...rather difficult.

 

IMO the only thing that should be chrome (or shiney, anyway) would be the wheels.

 

i think using that as stripes of flames would look realy cool imaging candy chrome flames on kandies car with the same tint like the quad. it would look very one of a kind.....i think it would work? anyone else.....

 

I sill have that image of a black chrome 'maro in my head, but a black car with candy ghost flames sounds kinda neat looking. But c'mon what could be glossier and deeper than chrome. Black chrome..............mmmmmm donuts, i mean, chrome................

 

I keep hoping someone will show a pic of one.
I mean an honestogod chrome thirdgen.
chrome with tinted glass... Or black chrome with mirrored glass.

 

i dont think anyone actually has one. do they?.....

 

If there's one out there, someone HAS to have some pics. Dontcha think?

 

if i ever put the effort in to CHROME a car, I would have pics.:cool

 

I guess that means if we want to see one, we're going to have to build our own...

 

$$$$$$$$$$$:shrug:

 

http://www.bmwquebec.com/viewtopic.p...ic=137&forum=4


go to this link to see a BMW M3 completely stripped and Chromed in Germany

 

friggin military computer wont let me go there. could you just post the best couple pics?

 

there is a company that "plates" the plastic to look chrome like on that red fourwheeler a,, you do is send them your plastic, they are called vacuform, something like that. i dont know how its done. but that mught be a start. but you would have to do something like a t-bucket roadster so you could send it to them.

 

that'd be cool if you had an all fiberglass car you could send a piece at a time.....car would look stupid with just a chrome hood though.

 

i would assume if they can put it on plastic they could put it on sheet metal also, but it would cost so much and probably not be real durable.

 

all i have to say .. is have fun polishing... haha

 

The look is nothing new, Audi did this 13 years ago. Jag has also done it.

1992 Audi Concept


Audi also did this to an A8, which is a rather famous car, that still goes to audi motorshows, and is in the audi musuem.




Jag

 

dreams, dreams