. The side gills on my early pushbutton car have studs that go through the body and have nuts, mine had wingnuts on the backside ..You must take out the splash sheilds to get to them. I paint trim all the time and have had great success with a product from NAPA, it is made by Martin Seniour and they call it "Trim Black" You could scratch your trim with a red Schotch brite pad and spray this out of the can, the sun will not fade it and the bugs will not chip it off. It is thin coat. Use caution with any blast media near the car, the grit goes everywhere and will destroy glass, paint, and anything else. If you can remove a part and take it away from the car..that's OK. If I was to bead bast a part ..I think I would etch prime it befor trim paint. Blasting would remove the chrome...just paint over it. Personally I protect my chrome, once you scuff it ...you will have to keep it painted.
The chrome around the windshild comes out with the glass and rubber. Don't try to pry it out of the rubber . The side gills on my early pushbutton car have studs that go through the body and have nuts, mine had wingnuts on the backside ..You must take out the splash sheilds to get to them. I paint trim all the time and have had great success with a product from NAPA, it is made by Martin Seniour and they call it "Trim Black" You could scratch your trim with a red Schotch brite pad and spray this out of the can, the sun will not fade it and the bugs will not chip it off. It is thin coat. Use caution with any blast media near the car, the grit goes everywhere and will destroy glass, paint, and anything else. If you can remove a part and take it away from the car..that's OK. If I was to bead bast a part ..I think I would etch prime it befor trim paint. Blasting would remove the chrome...just paint over it. Personally I protect my chrome, once you scuff it ...you will have to keep it painted.
. The side gills on my early pushbutton car have studs that go through the body and have nuts, mine had wingnuts on the backside ..You must take out the splash sheilds to get to them. I paint trim all the time and have had great success with a product from NAPA, it is made by Martin Seniour and they call it "Trim Black" You could scratch your trim with a red Schotch brite pad and spray this out of the can, the sun will not fade it and the bugs will not chip it off. It is thin coat. Use caution with any blast media near the car, the grit goes everywhere and will destroy glass, paint, and anything else. If you can remove a part and take it away from the car..that's OK. If I was to bead bast a part ..I think I would etch prime it befor trim paint. Blasting would remove the chrome...just paint over it. Personally I protect my chrome, once you scuff it ...you will have to keep it painted.