Chrome look for cheap
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Le Mans Master
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St. Jude Donor '17
Chrome look for cheap
Just sharing a tip to dress up your screws around your door sill or hatch area.
Get a piece of card board
A can of chrome krylon spray paint
Remove all the screws in question and push through the card board to hold them in place. This allows you to only spray the heads of the screws leaving the threads untouched.
Sit back and enjoy your savings.
Get a piece of card board
A can of chrome krylon spray paint
Remove all the screws in question and push through the card board to hold them in place. This allows you to only spray the heads of the screws leaving the threads untouched.
Sit back and enjoy your savings.
Drifting
Joined: Aug 2009
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here we go!!
Thanks for posting! Only way good ideas get passed along is by allowing people to be comfortable with posting.
We all can read and make up our minds which we want to take advantage of as well as which we don't
Again, thanks for passing along!
We all can read and make up our minds which we want to take advantage of as well as which we don't
Again, thanks for passing along!
Team Owner
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From: Palmdale, Ca----- 2009 Cyber Gray 4LT A6 F55 452 RWHP 422 RWTQ- RIP 1998 C5 734 RWHP & 585 RWTQ-----
Got Stainless Steel screws myself - but it is a low cost way to do something if that is all you have
Thanks,Matt
Thanks,Matt
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From: Erie CO
Like is always said on this forum..."its your vette do what you want". Some things I see on here that people do to their vettes are far worse then spraying the screw heads with chrome paint. This is a place to share ideas, thanks for the post.
Melting Slicks
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From: Tampa Bay, Go BUCS!!!Go Rays!!!Go Lightning!!!
St. Jude Donor '12-'13-'14
I do like your thought process though. If the paint really looks like chrome there are some pieces that could take advantage of the lower cost option.
Le Mans Master
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From: Huntington tx
I'm a very do it yourself type of guy, I have Patents for stuff I did myself, and also spent many years saving money on projects using what I can get around the shop.
BUT.....while this is a great do-it-yourself project, Consider what it really gains you?
I wasn't trying to wizz on anyones parade....I appreciate the posters thoughts on the work.
BUT.....while this is a great do-it-yourself project, Consider what it really gains you?
I wasn't trying to wizz on anyones parade....I appreciate the posters thoughts on the work.
