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Has anybody tried to chrome plate a festiva grill like they do on current generation Ford vehicles? I would love to do that to my Festiva
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Doug's Daily Driver (Dad): '91 Ford Festiva L Manual "Old Yellow" got with 40,xxx mi... about 52,xxx mi. give or take now
Austin's Daily Driver (mine) : '91 Ford Festiva GL Automatic "Whitie III" W/ 0.40 over aspire engine from '94 Aspire "New Blue" rebuilt 92,xxx mi. then... about 96,xxx mi. or more now (on body)
Doug's work car: '95 Ford Aspire Manual "Whitie II" w/ swapped stock aspire engine from '95 Silver Aspire and has it's 5th transmission! 75,xxx mi... now with about 130,xxx mi.
Sold! '89 Ford Festiva Manual "Gaystiva" (sold to my Uncle) - got with 163,xxx..... now 163,xxx Sold!
TRANSFERRED! '89 Ford Festiva Automatic EFI "one hit wonder" Given to bolokid - got with 210,xxx ...... now with 210,xxx miles TRANSFERRED!
'94 Ford Aspire SE Manual "Assfire" - got with at least 350,000 mi
SOLD! '90 Ford Festiva L Manual look for Narion (or click the username) it's new owner on the forum! - got with 193,xxx miles... now has 193,xxx miles give or take SOLD!
R.I.P '91 Ford Escort GT w/ bad engine..... stripping for parts then off to the scrapper!
R.I.P '91 Ford Festiva Manual "Lil Red Rocket" bought brand new in 1991 with ~120 mi... ended with 227,xxx mi.
R.I.P '97 Ford Aspire 4 Door Automatic "Ford Metro" parts car - got with about 144,xxx mi.... ended with 144,xxx mi
R.I.P '95 Ford Aspire Manual Silver (one owner and one family car) got with about 50,000 miles ended with about 90,000 miles
R.I.P '94 Ford Aspire Manual "New Blue" got with 150,xxx.... ended with about 200,xxx (it's engine is the .40 engine in my GL)
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You can get chrome spray paint. It works really well. I was surprised. Not sure how well it would hold up.Any difference that makes no difference is no difference.
Old Blue- New Tricks
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I had the paint on an older car I had. It looks good for a few months then turns a grey color.1990 Red Festiva STOCK "pregnant roller skate"
1989 Yellow Festiva BP swap "Freebird"
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2005 Ford F250 6.0 Turbo Diesel "swamprat" 4 inch lift, 4 inch mbrp exhaust, egr delete, glowshift pillar gauges.
1994 Ford F150 5.0 Completely stock.Comment
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You can plate plastic. Call or internet up some plating companiesDan
Red 1988 Festiva L - CUJO
Black 1992 Festiva GL Sport - BLACK MAGIC
I'm just...a little slow... sometimes:withstupid:
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Blue 1972 Chevelle SS-468 C.I.D. B'nM TH400-4:56 posi-Black racing stripes-Black vinyl top-Black int.
Black on black 1976 Camaro LT-350 4 bolt main .060 over
Silver 1988 Festiva L
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Plastic cannot be plated, only vacuum metallized. That's how the emblems are made. Parts loaded into big chamber, air sucked out for hours, chromium wires heated, atoms float up onto parts. Nice. I seen it done south of Chicago in a division of Bee Chemical.Comment
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Neat!Comment
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You can plate Plastic. (in a sense) What they do is they "paint" the plastic part to be plated with a coating that has a very high concentration of Copper particles. Then, the Copper allows the piece to be plated in Nickel, then they plate that in Chrome. It can be done and is done quite regularly. I don't know how much it would cost though. I think it would be more costly than just plating a similarly sized piece of metal due to the extra steps and materials needed.Comment
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^ This!
If you know someone that works at a place that sends things out to be plated, you may be able slip it in a batch
Dan
Red 1988 Festiva L - CUJO
Black 1992 Festiva GL Sport - BLACK MAGIC
I'm just...a little slow... sometimes:withstupid:
R.I.P.
Blue 1972 Chevelle SS-468 C.I.D. B'nM TH400-4:56 posi-Black racing stripes-Black vinyl top-Black int.
Black on black 1976 Camaro LT-350 4 bolt main .060 over
Silver 1988 Festiva L
My Music!
http://www.reverbnation.com/main/sea...t_songs/266647Comment
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Link to that chrome paint??? ive never had any luck with it. It you want to be HELLA cheap, get some aluminum tape and carefully line the grill with that. It would be shiny.Comment
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I have used Krylon Stainless Steel paint.... it's like a metallic silver..... never used chrome paint tho....Originally posted by Fecomatter View PostDoug's Daily Driver (Dad): '91 Ford Festiva L Manual "Old Yellow" got with 40,xxx mi... about 52,xxx mi. give or take now
Austin's Daily Driver (mine) : '91 Ford Festiva GL Automatic "Whitie III" W/ 0.40 over aspire engine from '94 Aspire "New Blue" rebuilt 92,xxx mi. then... about 96,xxx mi. or more now (on body)
Doug's work car: '95 Ford Aspire Manual "Whitie II" w/ swapped stock aspire engine from '95 Silver Aspire and has it's 5th transmission! 75,xxx mi... now with about 130,xxx mi.
Sold! '89 Ford Festiva Manual "Gaystiva" (sold to my Uncle) - got with 163,xxx..... now 163,xxx Sold!
TRANSFERRED! '89 Ford Festiva Automatic EFI "one hit wonder" Given to bolokid - got with 210,xxx ...... now with 210,xxx miles TRANSFERRED!
'94 Ford Aspire SE Manual "Assfire" - got with at least 350,000 mi
SOLD! '90 Ford Festiva L Manual look for Narion (or click the username) it's new owner on the forum! - got with 193,xxx miles... now has 193,xxx miles give or take SOLD!
R.I.P '91 Ford Escort GT w/ bad engine..... stripping for parts then off to the scrapper!
R.I.P '91 Ford Festiva Manual "Lil Red Rocket" bought brand new in 1991 with ~120 mi... ended with 227,xxx mi.
R.I.P '97 Ford Aspire 4 Door Automatic "Ford Metro" parts car - got with about 144,xxx mi.... ended with 144,xxx mi
R.I.P '95 Ford Aspire Manual Silver (one owner and one family car) got with about 50,000 miles ended with about 90,000 miles
R.I.P '94 Ford Aspire Manual "New Blue" got with 150,xxx.... ended with about 200,xxx (it's engine is the .40 engine in my GL)
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I don't remember what it was exactly now. IIRC it was something like Rustoleum Brilliant Finishes. I really don't know for sure, though.Link to that chrome paint???Any difference that makes no difference is no difference.
Old Blue- New Tricks
91 Festiva FSM PDF - DropboxComment
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Im holding my comment until I see what a chrome grill would look like on a FestivaN3WBI3Comment
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I "chromed" my festiva badge with the foil tape. FWIW
Yellow - '91 Festiva L - 5 speedComment
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