[urq] Chrome removal from plastic

[Louis-Alain Richard]

Andrew, 

The chrome in there is more an aesthetic thing than a light output enhancer.
It gives the lamps a more deep and "finished" look. I personally don't like
the all-black look, it just don't work on these surrounds. They are way too
deep and it won't look correct. I've tried it a few times on my car, and I
ended repairing a set with small patches of chrome metallic tape where the
original chrome was peeling. 

Look at this before you paint them :
http://www.cartuningpics.com/car/32652/193956/
http://rbcrombie.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/audi-ur-quatttro.jpg
http://www.carsablanca.de/Bilderstrecke/audi-coupe-81c#pathway

As for painting chrome, I've tried sanding, buffing, good quality primers
and stuff but paint was always peeling after a while. That's why I reverted
to the correct chrome+black setup.


Last word : if you still do it, use semi-gloss black, not flat black (which
absorb light even more). The Sport Q was semi-gloss...
http://www.thecartorialist.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/audi_sport_quattro
_angle_front_detail.jpg


Louis-Alain



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I'm looking for some list wisdom about how to remove chrome from plastic.
I've got a mint set of early quad headlight surrounds. Rather than painting
over the chrome that surrounds all of the front surfaces of the trim I would
love to strip the trim back to plastic and then paint them black for a
better bond. Is there anything that will lift the chrome without eating the
plastic beneath? 

Failing that plan is there a reliable way to prep the chrome to take black
trim paint?

I assume the trim on the early urq included chrome on the inner trim
surfaces to avoid light absorbance? 

Thanks so much. 

Andrew Finney
1985 urq v8
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