[W126 Coupe] painted grille

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Mesh? A mesh grille or a mesh covering for the OEM grille?

Yeah, the grill is made of chrome plated plastic. If it were metal I could get it replated for cheap, but since it is plastic that is a whole different story. Powdercoating requires in the neighborhood of 500 degrees. So, plastic cannot be powdercoated for obvious reasons. ;)

Eric 


In a message dated 1/31/2005 5:33:46 AM Eastern Standard Time, "drakon" <cyberdrakon at hotmail.com> writes:

>Powder coating will be difficult, if at all possible, the last 4 grilles I
>have had were made from a plastic substrate.  Doesn't powder coating require
>the piece to be all metal, and several thousand degrees?
>
>And yes, that's FOUR grilles in about as many years.  That's why I gave up
>and installed the mesh, and touchup the paint chips in the grille with a
>Sharpie marker.  *sigh*
>
>I have also gone through 1 headlight lens, 2 windshields, 2 foglight lenses,
>and both of the side pieces of trim surrounding the windshield, and
>currently need to replace ANOTHER!  Also, blown out 2 tires, flatted 3
>others via nails/tacks, and cracked another rim. Long distance drives in
>SoCal really suck with all the crap people toss out of their window, and
>crap that falls off the back of trucks.
>
>
>Eddie
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