I got hit - fixing updates (long)

[Tom Nas]

Zsolt <zsolt1 at telusplanet.net> wrote:

>For the trim, I would like to make all the stainless steel/chrome parts
>black, (kind of like this car in the link below)- which can be done later,
>http://hometown.aol.com/Quattringo/index.html
>but I am concerned if it is just painted it will chip (especially on the
>front) and it will look like crap. Any other processes (anodized?) that
>somebody can think of or done that you'd recommend? And finally I am
>going to replace the front grill with another one (probably make one up)
>that will have a black mesh instead of the horizontal grill).

Cover it with black self-adhesive foil, the stuff they use for lettering on
vans, trucks etc. It's available in lots of colours, it's tough, it's
weather-resistant and it won't easily get damaged by rocks.

Tom