HOW TO: chrome your vx calais/berlina grill (lots of pics)

[dijm8]

ey guys thought i might post this up as i did this 2day

things you need:



1. take 1 vx calais or berlina car
2. take the grill from your car


3. place the grill on the ground and smear it in with the quick strip



4.grab a beer and wait around for 15-20mins........might need another beer i drank mine fair quick

5. grab the hose and rinse off the quick strip goo untill clean....then grab a cloth and wipe it down

6. should turn out like this




might need to repeat the steps 3,4,5 as it might not take it all off...i needed to do mine about 2-3 times to remove all of the black paint

[And_ROOS]

How many other parts on the VT/VX can you do this too? Can never have too much chrome if its in the right spots. Just a shame your headlights aren't silver/chrome to match it.

[eurekamad94]

aye dj will this work with the vr vs window sorround mold thingo's ive heard it can be done with sand paper but my dad would kill me if i fcked em up :P

[dijm8]

yeh will probs b gettin the chrome headlights to match... not till next year....umm yeh i knw a few other models can do it.... i knw my m8 has done it to his vn calais....if u wanna find out...get a blade n scrape a small spot to see if u can, that wud be the best way to find out

[Wagon_Wheel]

Very simple and effective! Good stuff mate

[HoldenManDan]

you can do something similar to this with the vr/vs berlina grilles, they originally have a chrome lip with a grey background. I wanted a black background as the grey didnt go with my car. You could probably use the same quick strip stuff that dijm8 used, but i used thinners, a few rags and shedloads of elbow grease lol. It worked a charm, and from front on you get the black background, and diagonally you get a trippy reflection lol.

Heres some after pics at 2 different angles:

[f1_power]

Looks great Mate - Might have to try it on my Berlina

[VXWAGMAN]

I have a wagon.. Wonder if this will work on the handle bit on the rear of the car.. The VY's came out with a chrome strip but not sure if under my colour coded one will be chrome..

[dimetime]

my vt berlina already has a chrome grill, but i have flakes coming off?
will there be more chrome underneath?

[mastadd]

may have to try this on my vu ute! thanks for the write up mate!

[dimetime]

did it last night, took 15 mins, paint came off within 30 seconds, worked perfectly with a different paint striper, will post pics

[dimetime]

this is how it turned out

[bpottz]

used a can of septone paint spripper (aerosole spray from supercheap auto, 11 or 12 bucks) re-applied 4 or 5 times, came up a treat

[And_ROOS]

Well everyone else posted pics, no need for me to as well, but mine came up just as excellently as theirs did.

[Axleboy]

Why does my VX Calais grill look different to yours? mine has vertical grills while yours has a criss cross pattern.

[Nanos]

i think its difference between series 1 and 2

[surfy31]

can this be done to my grill?

im pretty sure mine is plastic though

[bpottz]

can this be done to my grill?

im pretty sure mine is plastic though

correct.. it cant be done sorry mate

[daz08]

can it be done on a vt s ser 1? looks sweet!

[Axleboy]

I just finished chroming my grill, took me about three hours and I had to apply the paint stripper about four times it looks so much better now I recommend this to anyone with a VX Calais.

[surfy31]

if i was to go buy a vx calais front grill would this be able to slot straight into my grill? my photo is a few posts higher ^^^^

[Axleboy]

I doubt it, it looks like your grill is part of the actual front bumper.

[Axleboy]

Here's a picture of my grill

[MR_VX]

i cant even pull my grill out of my VX S2 S pac front bar why the f*ck not any one no why?

[dimetime]

no idea why, but you cant chrome that grill, sorry bro