Quarter Panel Vent Assemblies Restoration?

[PabloCruise]

My outer vent assemblies on my quarter panels are looking a little sad as the chrome is peeling off the plastic.

Has anyone found any way to make these look better?
I don't think chrome shops can plate plastic, can they?
And then you would lose the painted portion.

Help!

I am open to input! Or if anyone has a nice set for sale, let me know.

TIA,

 

[Pighead]

lose the chrome & rattle-can them...

 

[bobm]

Pablo, yes you can have it plated. Welcome to Paul's, the world's Premiere Restoration Replater

Thanks Bob.

 

[PabloCruise]

Pablo, yes you can have it plated. Welcome to Paul's, the world's Premiere Restoration Replater

Thanks Bob.

Cool!

Thanks Bob, I'll give them a call.

Still curious what others have done with their side vents.

SOR has used ones: Specter Off-Road Land Cruiser Parts - Page 162 Land Cruiser Emblems 55 Series

 

[PabloCruise]

Cool!

Thanks Bob, I'll give them a call.

Still curious what others have done with their side vents.

SOR has used ones: Specter Off-Road Land Cruiser Parts - Page 162 Land Cruiser Emblems 55 Series

They were very cool to talk with!

She said the original process was probably vacuum metalizing, which would be inferior to true chrome plating.

She also thought they would be ~$120 each.

 

[RHINO]

Still curious what others have done with their side vents.

taken them off and welded'em up, same with the backup lights and soon the rear doors.

 

[PabloCruise]

taken them off and welded'em up, same with the backup lights and soon the rear doors.

Too funny!

I suspect we are going two very different directions with our Pigs!

 

[RHINO]

well you asked what others are doing,,,

 

[fj55tlc]

Mine looked just like your do. I peeled the rest of the chrome off and painted them black. Matches the rest of the trim and grill. Anything looks better then peeling chrome.

 

[tucker74]

Still curious what others have done with their side vents.

I found a used set on my old '73, I wonder how they'd look if you sanded them down and painted them with that chrome paint? Might be worth a shot before you drop $240 ...



Tucker

 

[PabloCruise]

I found a used set on my old '73, I wonder how they'd look if you sanded them down and painted them with that chrome paint? Might be worth a shot before you drop $240 ...



Tucker

You mean you have an extra set for sale?
How much are you looking to get for them?

 

[tucker74]

You mean you have an extra set for sale?
How much are you looking to get for them?

No ... sorry ... you asked what others had done

Tucker

 

[nuclearlemon]

i vote to paint them also. chrome is for jeeps.

of course you could rattle can them with chrome paint. i could bring you a can if you were going to the rally, but you don't love us

 

[PabloCruise]

i vote to paint them also. chrome is for jeeps.

of course you could rattle can them with chrome paint. i could bring you a can if you were going to the rally, but you don't love us

Oh now that is cold!

 

[RHINO]

i really like that rusoleum hammered,,, wonder what that would look like on the side vents.?

 

[nuclearlemon]

Oh now that is cold!

says the man who has ditched us at, what, EVERY rally?!!!

 

[PabloCruise]

says the man who has ditched us at, what, EVERY rally?!!!

Not true!
I went the year Root made shirts (2006?) and then again the year I won those Metal Tech pint glasses!

 

[PabloCruise]

Just because it was such a pain to find on SOR's web site, they refer to this as "rear vent grill" or "rear side vent"

It looks like Pig's from 9/72 and later got these pieces.

 

[scrapdaddy]

Pablo,

Pulled up your old post on these rear vents. My 71 doesn't have them, but I have a like new set of grills and was wondering how they worked?

Is there some type of controled block off flap or just an open hole?

 

[PabloCruise]

Pablo,

Pulled up your old post on these rear vents. My 71 doesn't have them, but I have a like new set of grills and was wondering how they worked?

Is there some type of controled block off flap or just an open hole?

There is a rubber connector that goes from these exterior vents to the interior panels where there is a smaller, interior vent. I believe when you are going down the road there is a small negative pressure created by these vents sticking out into the wind and they serve to pull air through the cabin from the front vents.
I can post a picture of the rubber connector and interior vents.
Ige reproduced some of the interior vents a while back.
You have a like new set for your '71? Are you going to graft them into your quarters? They would mount around the rear marker lights.
Let me know if you want to sell them.