painting over chrome... (1 Viewer)

[woody]

chrome is bad....despite the fact it makes you go faster, I generally avoid it...

as part of my TBI motor swap, I'm installing a custom gauge cluster, replacing the factory one. Niner delivered a sweet stainless unit this weekend, and I started fitting gauges last night. Problem is, 3 of my gauges are black surrounds (oil, water, volt) and 2 are chrome (tach and hour).

anything special I need to do to the Chrome to paint over it, or is it as simple as taping off the glass and hitting it with some semi-gloss?

 

[theo]

My guess is that paint won't stick to chrome unless you sand it thoroughly, maybe 220 grit. Tough to do unless you can remove the bezels to work on them.

 

[Man Jerk]

Chrome has no place on my cruiser. Blech....
I'll leave that for the heep's.

I used the 3M sanding pads (kinda look like sponges) and it worked really well. Much easier to use than paper. I was painting the chrome plated plastic on my grill tho.

 

[Niner]

Woody I expect to see a pic. of the assembled unit on here.

Soon anyway!