Dechroming a car

stealthyspeeder

Has anyone dechromed their before?

What is the best way? is it done by removal of the chrome? Is the chrome replaced with non chrome or not replaced at all? Wrapping it?

colm_mcm

In most cases its just painted plastic.
What car is it?

stealthyspeeder

colm_mcm wrote: »

In most cases its just painted plastic.
What car is it?

Audi RS6 (C5)

kdevitt

Three options -

1: Buy the black trim from your dealer and replace it all (expensive but most effective)
2: Paint it - you need to remove the trim, or mask it off very well, sand it, then etch prime it, and then paint several coats of black on top (cheap - prone to scratching off eventually)
3: Use a blackout tape (google trimbrite) to wrap the trim. (cheap, robust - can be awkward to cover certain parts of trim and can look a bit shoddy)

stealthyspeeder

kdevitt wrote: »

Three options -

1: Buy the black trim from your dealer and replace it all (expensive but most effective)
2: Paint it - you need to remove the trim, or mask it off very well, sand it, then etch prime it, and then paint several coats of black on top (cheap - prone to scratching off eventually)
3: Use a blackout tape (google trimbrite) to wrap the trim. (cheap, robust - can be awkward to cover certain parts of trim and can look a bit shoddy)

Brilliant, thanks!

The wing mirrors are chromed, any idea how I could get around that?

The curve would make it very easy to feck up and look nasty if it was covered, I wouldnt fany new wing mirrors off a dealer (£££)!

kdevitt

stealthyspeeder wrote: »

The wing mirrors are chromed, any idea how I could get around that?

I'd put up an advert on an owners forum and ask if anyone is interested in swapping the mirrors. You might get lucky and get a pair in the right colour, and the worst it'd cost €90 or so to have them colour coded.

Really hate the chrome trim and mirrors myself by the way! Good move

B00MSTICK

OT, but any chance of a pic?

stealthyspeeder

B00MSTICK wrote: »

OT, but any chance of a pic?

Here ya go




bit close but

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93JWyuspRJY

Rovi

stealthyspeeder wrote: »

The wing mirrors are chromed, any idea how I could get around that?

Just spotted this thread, sorry for the zombification.

Anyhow Audi RS mirrors are made of brushed aluminium, not chromed.
They're one of the external styling cues for these particular variants.

Oh, and congrats on the car, it's pretty sweet.

tossy

Rovi wrote: »

They're one of the external styling cues for these particular variants..

The are horrible looking things.

Rovi

tossy wrote: »

The are horrible looking things.

Fair enough, I'm just pointing out that they were original equipment on these cars; it wasn't the cars' fault that the fairy-lights-and-tinsel crowd took to emulating them on their motorised biscuit tins

tossy

Rovi wrote: »

Fair enough, I'm just pointing out that they were original equipment on these cars; it wasn't the cars' fault that the fairy-lights-and-tinsel crowd took to emulating them on their motorised biscuit tins

lol true that.Sorry if my reply seemed a little venomous

spyderski

Are you the only person with a REAL RS6 who wants to tart it up to look like a fake one? If you wanted to bastardise a lovely car why not buy a 1.9 tdi & shag it up like everyone else? Is this some kind of reverse stealth thing.......?

spyderski

Sorry for being a bit short, but its not chrome. Its real brushed aluminium. The RS6 Plus model has black anodised aluminium trim, which also looks great, but anything other than a trim replacement would look crap on such a high quality car...

tossy

How does removing the chrome from around the windows and replacing the mirrors with painted ones bastardise it or make it look like a fake one ? Less is more.

If it was mine id do exactly that and buy a 1.9 TDI badge on ebay,oh and it would also have 5 doors (sorry Stealthy)