Grill color change... chrome bubbles???

[PaHumBug]

I know some have line-x'd, some have painted their grills. Just curious as to how those are satisfied with their choice. Is the paint chipping? Line-X fading? Any problems with either? Going to be doing mine soon and want some feed back. Also, has anyone painted a grill that had the "chrome bubbles" in it? How do I handle that? I'd rather not take it down to bare plastic, is that my only choice?

I attached a pic of my grill to show the bubbles, it's rather hard to see though.

[guruerror]

If you're simply painting it (whether you're using paint or spray bedliner) I'd prolly recommend sanding those bubbles out, then roughing the whole thing before spraying.

If you're Line-Xing, I'd say you're good to go as is.

As you know, I had mine Line-Xed with standard black this spring, and the bumpers and other bits a year or so before that. It starts out really shiny and glossy, but fades into a nice almost flat, black finish which is very similar to the stock plastic. If you where going black and wanted to keep the shine, they recommend Line-X Xtra; the same goes if you're going to color match.

I have had no problems what-so-ever with any Line-Xed part; whether it was originally black plastic, chrome plastic, fiberglass or metal...the sh!t is GREAT.

Since Line-X is so thick I decided to pop out my grille letters instead of coating over them. If you decide to go that route, know that they are attached with adhesive tape. There's no holes under them. Get a small screwdriver or scraper and work them off. Be careful though if you're going the painting route because you could easily gouge the plastic trying to work these off; but if you're going Line-X don't worry, it's so thick that it'll cover that right up.

[PaHumBug]

Is it possible to get color matched spray can bedliner?

[guruerror]

Originally Posted by PaHumBug

Is it possible to get color matched spray can bedliner?

I didn't think so...but check this product out (Qwik Liner): http://www.qwikliner.com/

EDIT: They don't seem to have white though...bummer. And you have to have the proper equipment to spray it...I'll keep looking.

Here's one: http://www.nonslipcoating.com/truck-bed-liners.htm

[[__--MUD--__]]

what ever you cover the grill w/ is only going to be as strong as that chrome is...if its bubbling, its going to start flaking off in sheets.

you can sand it off, or find a local hard chrome shop and ask them if they can dip it for you. I had all my plastic chrome parts stripped. You just do the steps in reverse of chroming something.

[PaHumBug]

I remember reading something about newer and older grills. What year did they change? Just want to make sure if I buy another grill I don't get the wrong one...

[PaHumBug]

Originally Posted by [__--MUD--__]

what ever you cover the grill w/ is only going to be as strong as that chrome is...if its bubbling, its going to start flaking off in sheets.

you can sand it off, or find a local hard chrome shop and ask them if they can dip it for you. I had all my plastic chrome parts stripped. You just do the steps in reverse of chroming something.

Now that it is getting warm enough to paint I am looking to get on with this. I called 3 local chrome platers and all said they can't do it. My shop is in the business of precision machining, and I work with platers and coaters of all types every day. Do you have more detail on the process so I may be able to find someone to strip my grill?