[W126 Coupe] painted grille

[Iain Gunn]

Powder Coating has come a long way, you can how even powder coat wood and 
plastic.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "drakon" <cyberdrakon at hotmail.com>
To: "'Mercedes Coupes Mailing Lists'" <mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com>
Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 5:33 AM
Subject: RE: [W126 Coupe] painted grille


> 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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