thinking of colour coding the front grill surround.has anybody had any problems with the paint flaking?just dont want to get it done and then it starts flaking

So long as you strip the chrome, give it bit of a sanding, ensure it is clean and free of dust/grease, and use some decent primer I can't see any reason it would flake. Planning to try this myself at some point.

Edited 23 June, 201016 yr by anewman

removing the chrome is tedious....key the chrome with 300-400 wet n dry then etch primer it then paint n laquer....

etch primer..

:yes:

Mines been done for a year, no problems - although I did get it done professionally!

key the chrome with 300-400 wet n dry then etch primer it

Etch primer is more to promote adhesion to metal though. I'd have thought the grille was plastic?! and that the chrome effect also has no metal within it.

with the messing about getting the chrome off.might just get a aftermarket one

Etch primer is more to promote adhesion to metal though. I'd have thought the grille was plastic?! and that the chrome effect also has no metal within it.

only saying what i done and been problem free..

mines has been done 'professionaly' twice and still get chrome stonechips lol

going abit off topic but where can i get a good aftermarket one from?

try: http://www.superskoda.com/fabia/sportgrills/

some are not too bad, most are horrific though.

cheers like the last one with no badge

i was looking at too but not too sure on it.

Wonder what cost is in £ including delivery.

http://www.xe.com is the best currency conversion site

Edited 23 June, 201016 yr by KTP

Etch primer is more to promote adhesion to metal though. I'd have thought the grille was plastic?! and that the chrome effect also has no metal within it.

Sorry no - you need etch primer, otherwise you get crazy paving

There's some small debates here and there on the internet about whether etch primer is good to use with plastics or not. Example http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/forum/showpost.php?p=1632670&postcount=14

Notwithstanding what is said above, when I did mine I keyed the chrome, and didn't take it right back to plastic.

I tried ordinary primer, which appeared to go on fine. I then put black magic on it, and it initially seemed fine. I left it to dry, quite proud in the fact I'd done a good job, only to come back later and find it had crazed over.

I read other posts, which mentioned the use of etching primer. Tried it, and it worked fine.

Having done mine twice now, I wouldn't use any other primer. I think until you've actually tried doing it yourself, you can't really say what's going to work and what isn't. :no:

Notwithstanding what is said above, when I did mine I keyed the chrome, and didn't take it right back to plastic.

I tried ordinary primer, which appeared to go on fine. I then put black magic on it, and it initially seemed fine. I left it to dry, quite proud in the fact I'd done a good job, only to come back later and find it had crazed over.

I read other posts, which mentioned the use of etching primer. Tried it, and it worked fine.

Having done mine twice now, I wouldn't use any other primer. I think until you've actually tried doing it yourself, you can't really say what's going to work and what isn't. :no:

I was spraying the grille surround with it - not sniffing it :p

no nose

I'm pretty sure if you soak the grille in bleach it will strip the chrome off, will try and find something from another forum to back this up when I get a chance...

Here's the article I was thinking of... http://www.mazda3forums.co.uk/index.php?topic=3026.0

Edited 24 June, 201016 yr by saint1d

ermm painting my grille.... another thing i need to get round to