powder coating / chroming

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  1. TONY

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    :) hey guys i was wondering if anyone has ever powder coated their bumbers black? how does it look? another thing how did u guys get ur grills black? did u powder coat it or paint them or can u buy them somewere ? what do u think of chroming a grill how does that look?so what sould i do go all chrome or powder coat grill and bumpers? oh yea my car is canary yellow with black rally stripes
     
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    FoMoDave Maverick Owner

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    Powdercoating/chrome is only for metal parts,grill is plastic.
     
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    Mavaholic Growing older but not up!

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    You can chrome plastic. There are some companies that specialize in it. The Maverick did have a chromed grill on the early LDO packages. I bought an NOS chromed grill off ebay many years ago for $38. It will end up in my convertible.
     
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    Snazzman She's a beautie....

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    convertible mav? interesting.....
     

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