Pepper Chromed pastic grill

[FordFan2009]

Did a search be found nothing. My Fusion has a chromed plastic grill, It s pretty big and draws your eye right to it when you see the car. It is peppered though when you look at it up close. What is the best way to correct this? or if it can't be completly corrected what will make it look better, its been clayed, hand polished with megs #7 glaze and waxed but it still looks crappy. The projector fag lamp bubble lenses are peppered too.:aww:

 

[FordFan2009]

Hers what it looks like

Looks like the front end of this thing got sand blasted, the paint looks that way to but it should polish right up.

 

[chromecarz00]

peppered by....what? grit? chips? overspray? fading clear?

 

[FordFan2009]

heres some pics, it looks like the whole front end got sand blasted

 

[FordFan2009]

common someone has to have seen this before and know what to do?

 

[dmw2692004]

those look like really small rock chips..



is the finish perfectly smooth?

 

[citizen arcane]

Due to your fine picture taking skills I can almost feel how rough those surfaces are. Mind you I'm not a pro and hope one will chime in but I think the chrome plastic pieces are toast and if they bother you would need replacing. The painted metal surfaces could possibly be leveled out. Lots has been posted here about Megs 105/205 combo and could maybe lessen the severity by hand on such small areas if you don't have a DA polisher.

 

[longdx]

I'd have to agree with Citizen Arcane. The plastic "chrome" grill looks like it has been peppered with very fine chips. Unfortunately, there is nothing other than replacing the grill. I have a "chrome" grill that is suffering the same fate. You can only really tell when up close. If you do not want to replace the grille, you can sand down the "chrome" coating and respray with a Chrome based paint. Alsa Corp | The World's Most Exotic Paints and Finishes and rustoleam are some few makers of this type of paint. Alsa is much , much better but expensive.

 

[FordFan2009]

they are rock chips, i just want to make them look better before i have to spend a couple hundred in new chrome. I know I can correct the paint, in person its not bad you can barely feel it, just needs a good polish.

 

[AppliedColors]

Replace. Clear bra.

 

[ezemsm444]

Yep that is a replacement only fix. I had a STS that the whole front end was like that. it happened in a construction zone where they were pouring concrete. It was windy and sand was everywhere. It was literally sand blasted by the speed at which i was traveling and the wind blowing towards me going 55 mph left me close to crying after i had spent so long to get it perfect.

 

[Accumulator]

I suppose having it rechromed would cost as much as just getting a new one :think: There are places that redo the chromed-plastic stuff, do a Google and you'll find at least two that seem reputable.

 

[FordFan2009]

I checked out that paint that longdx was talkin aboutby alsa corp, it really looks alot like chrome, might be an option. I bough this car used, if it were taken care of proporly and was sealed up real good does this still happen to front ends?

 

[Accumulator]

.. if it were taken care of proporly and was sealed up real good does this still happen to front ends?

If stuff gets thrown up, yeah, it'll happen no matter what. Almost all of that kind of damage comes from stuff tossed up by the vehicles in front of you, it literally *is* "sandblasted" in a manner of speaking. You can seal it up, stay *way* back from other traffic, but it's still gonna happen IME.



As the museum curator said: real cars have stonechips.