LAMM13
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could i not get just an electro coated corsa bonnet, srtip back with DA grades of 80, 180,320,400,500 then wet flat with 800 and getting finer still untill polished effect?
edit: looks like i'm going to have to make people eat their own words again  
[Edited on 21-11-2007 by LAMM13]
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Nick-S
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Registered: 3rd Mar 04
Location: Leigh. Drives: RS Megane 230 F1 Team R26
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spend a few days autosoling it 
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craig8
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i did the faces on a honda alloy wheel with a DA with 1500 pads then polished it up to a finnish and it turned out pretty good, dont know how the laquer would go on or if you would laquer it without polishing first
E36 328
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Graeme
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its really dodgy stuff, first off for the basic stuff its about £100 a litre and also it is sprayed over a cured black.
Also if there is any shit in the bonnet and you try to polish it you can see the scratches.
would maybe look good but for the cost im not sure it would be worth it, maybe get a secong hand bonnet, DA it down with like a 180 then go 320, 400, 500, 800 and then 1000 wet it and then laquer it, im 70% sure the laquer would stick to it but noty sure about oxidation of it!
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LAMM13
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Aye its the laquering part i cant get my head around, buuttt don't people do it with wheels??
also does anyone know if carisma is still about? i seem to remember them doing a R5 with chrome arches?
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bigdan
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chrome like that looks cheap imo though
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STEvieXE
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quote:
Originally posted by craig8
a crap photoshop but i dont think it would look too great
me neither tbh
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Daniel_Corsa
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A local chav specialist bodyshop near me did an FTO, it turned out like a matt silver.
Not cheap to do either, that M3, cost about £10,000
April '06' Corsasport Feature Car  | Aug '08' Total Vauxhall Feature Car | Spring '09' Fast Car Feature Car
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kirx
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http://www.carismaautomotive.co.uk/
go on c-FX chroming service ?
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Graeme
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could contact a metal polishing company and get them to polish it up then use 2k plaquer as that is what is done to some wheels!
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Graeme
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that carisma stuff is not paint but duno what it is, looks like its sprayed on really wet and then it drips off and dryes chrome!
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craig8
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quote:
Originally posted by Graeme
that carisma stuff is not paint but duno what it is, looks like its sprayed on really wet and then it drips off and dryes chrome!
videos on here
http://www.alsacorp.com/products/chromefx/chromefx_video.htm
E36 328
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Mark.W
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will look gd but i reckon it will be a badger to clean
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corsa_nation
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what wheels are on that lupo?
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Robin
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Zender Turbos
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UVCorsa
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Registered: 22nd Jul 07
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Chrome Supra:
http://www.specialistpaints.com/image_uploads/large/Chrome.jpg
http://www.specialistpaints.com/image_uploads/large/ChromePaint.jpg
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simon179
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pimp my ride did a chrome car looked silly! you would have to spray wd40 all over it in winter to stop the chrome peeling so ur car would look silly! and just think how dirrty it would get and how much effort would be to polish! every little blemish showing! would be silly! show car recomended only am afraid!
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Daniel_Corsa
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quote:
Originally posted by craig8
videos on here
http://www.alsacorp.com/products/chromefx/chromefx_video.htm
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ed
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quote:
Originally posted by bigdan
iirc chroming is acid not paint
Not acid, but you can get chrome effect paint. It's fucking hard to apply and all the cars I have seen which have it on them have looked crap.
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ed
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quote:
Originally posted by deano87
Surely chrome effect paint is a really metallic silver?
That's what the first generation of chrome paints were. But the second generation of paints are more complicated pearl effects.
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simon179
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to me spraying a car chrome would be like wearin then stupis gold and diamond teeth rappers wear!
pointless! annoying ! and looks silly!
although the sily a liked that supra
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