Grill color change... chrome bubbles???

[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?

[[__--MUD--__]]

Originally Posted by PaHumBug

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?

Any place that does hard chrome (non decorative) can do it. Most simply just dont want to. To remove chrome, you just do the exact same process in reverse. All my abs plastic was dechromed this way.

You can peel the chrome w/ a heat gun to. Takes about an hour.

[wasp1971]

Where does one buy a color matched grille?

[iwillnc]

Wasp-

Gm made them, you could buy them from the dealer, some retailers also sold them, all liscensed by GM, the chance of finding them now are slim, most retailers sold out, their are a few on ebay, though remember the 08 and 09 grille is different than the 03-07, good luck finding them though. It's getting tough

[PaHumBug]

look on ebay. Or ask tyler1bo.

[tyler1bo]

If you're looking to buy..I personally bought mine from hummerpartspeople.com. They especially have them for 03-07, I was just lucky enough to find an 08-09. My grille is perfect though. I just didn't want to mess my chrome one up trying to paint it, that was my only issue.

[deathshead67]

i used plasti-dip from home depot. It's been on for about 5 months now and its holding up pretty good. The best part about it, it peels right off.