Dont buy this

SoCal 370Z · 04-07-2009, 02:48 PM

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Originally Posted by nismored

im telling you. sanding it will be fine, there is no need to remove the chrome plating. If you want to do all hat go ahead. Scuff--->Paint--->Wetsand--->Paint--->repeatx3--->Clearx3---> Done

The Cola solution may or may not work depending on the plating, but my past experience with sanding and painted anything that is at the front of vehicles simply gets rock chipped as the rock or debris hits the paint, which is softer than the chrome underneath, and chips to where you can see the sanded chrome material.

armensti · 04-08-2009, 12:01 AM

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Originally Posted by SoCal 370Z

The Cola solution may or may not work depending on the plating, but my past experience with sanding and painted anything that is at the front of vehicles simply gets rock chipped as the rock or debris hits the paint, which is softer than the chrome underneath, and chips to where you can see the sanded chrome material.

ok so i just got home after a long day. i dropped by 7/11 and picked up a 20oz coke bottle came home and did this. ill wait until tomorrow and post up a picture of what happen to the emblem after being in coke.

The Emblem before
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The emblem in a plastic cup wrapped with bunch of plastic so that air doesnt get out
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