[W126 Coupe] painted grille

[Iain Gunn]

Don't bother, clean it up, remove any loose pieces of chrome, sand it and 
have it powder coated.
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From: "drakon" <cyberdrakon at hotmail.com>
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Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2005 6:18 AM
Subject: RE: [W126 Coupe] painted grille


> Yeah, I have the same problem.  I'd be really interested in finding out 
> how
> to strip the chrome off the plastic.
>
> Eddie
>
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> Subject: [W126 Coupe] painted grille
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> Has anyone stripped the SEC grille of its chrome and painted it semi-gloss
> black? The chrome trim in the center of my 89 SEC grille has started to 
> peel
> off. I have located new grilles, but they are all $500+. My grille is in
> good shape otherwise.
>
> I have seen it on some of the "tuner" SECs, like AMG and the like, but 
> those
> are usually body color. My SEC is a sort of teal color and I don't think 
> the
> grille would look right body color, so I was thinking semi-gloss black.
>
> What do you guys think?
>
> Eric
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