# black chroming question.. **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Automotive\ **Created:** [February 4, 2011, 7:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/black-chroming-question/256769 "2011-02-04T07:22:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![justin2386](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/justin2386/32/6496_2.png) [@justin2386](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/justin2386)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2011, 7:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/black-chroming-question/256769/1 "2011-02-04T07:22:25Z")
i know it can be done with metal…but can it be done with plastics? ---
**Author:** ![imported\_ST4TUS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/imported_st4tus/32/6290_2.png) [@imported\_ST4TUS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/imported_ST4TUS)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2011, 7:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/black-chroming-question/256769/2 "2011-02-04T07:30:06Z")
Chrome plating plastic??why… You can send small stuff out to be vacuum metalized, but it’s not chrome. It’s aluminum that within a vacuum, is evaporated, and then will ‘bond’ with plastic. ![http://memimage.cardomain.com/ride_images/3/2184/2141/30458570014_large.jpg](http://memimage.cardomain.com/ride_images/3/2184/2141/30458570014_large.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![justin2386](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/justin2386/32/6496_2.png) [@justin2386](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/justin2386)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2011, 7:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/black-chroming-question/256769/3 "2011-02-04T07:34:04Z")
i meant the black chrome look… and do we really need that picture? for the record…its not even for my sentra… ---
**Author:** ![capitalcrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e79b87/32.png) [@capitalcrew](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/capitalcrew)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2011, 8:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/black-chroming-question/256769/4 "2011-02-04T08:05:19Z")
BLAAAT edit. ---
**Author:** ![ReDevil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/redevil/32/6385_2.png) [@ReDevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ReDevil)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2011, 10:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/black-chroming-question/256769/5 "2011-02-04T10:59:36Z")
Oh you would, wouldnt you. :lol ---
**Author:** ![bennyfizzle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bennyfizzle/32/6291_2.png) [@bennyfizzle](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bennyfizzle)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2011, 11:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/black-chroming-question/256769/6 "2011-02-04T11:42:47Z")
Welcome back to 2001 ---
**Author:** ![Cliff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b38774/32.png) [@Cliff](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Cliff)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2011, 11:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/black-chroming-question/256769/7 "2011-02-04T11:58:55Z")
Pm Travis Koch. Member notsl0w. He did this to his teeth. ---
**Author:** ![JiM\_P\_2001](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jim_p_2001/32/6364_2.png) [@JiM\_P\_2001](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JiM_P_2001)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2011, 3:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/black-chroming-question/256769/8 "2011-02-08T15:47:11Z")
> [@My New Haircut : Daddie Version](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-new-haircut-daddie-version/39421/8): > > Pm Travis Koch. Member notsl0w. He did this to his teeth. I didn’t know the chrome turns orange over time… ---
**Author:** ![votblindub](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/votblindub/32/6280_2.png) [@votblindub](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/votblindub)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2011, 7:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/black-chroming-question/256769/9 "2011-02-08T19:40:49Z")
you can probably take a piece of plastic, spray it with chrome, then mix clear and black and mist super thin coats over that to get something close to that look by layering ---
**Author:** ![DUKE\_LADUKE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/duke_laduke/32/6317_2.png) [@DUKE\_LADUKE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DUKE_LADUKE)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2011, 8:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/black-chroming-question/256769/10 "2011-02-08T20:30:45Z")
why the FUCK would you do something like this ?!? ---
**Author:** ![votblindub](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/votblindub/32/6280_2.png) [@votblindub](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/votblindub)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2011, 8:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/black-chroming-question/256769/11 "2011-02-08T20:32:40Z")
im not sure. different preference? ---
**Author:** ![DUKE\_LADUKE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/duke_laduke/32/6317_2.png) [@DUKE\_LADUKE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DUKE_LADUKE)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2011, 8:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/black-chroming-question/256769/12 "2011-02-08T20:34:25Z")
> [@FS/TW: GT35r TUrbLo and more \*\*\*Must see\*\*\*](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-tw-gt35r-turblo-and-more-must-see/39522/5): > > im not sure. different preference? Yea just wondering what made him think about this though . ---
**Author:** ![votblindub](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/votblindub/32/6280_2.png) [@votblindub](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/votblindub)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2011, 8:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/black-chroming-question/256769/13 "2011-02-08T20:36:03Z")
maybe he hates chrome trim? ---
**Author:** ![GD3Skier](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gd3skier/32/6400_2.png) [@GD3Skier](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GD3Skier)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2011, 9:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/black-chroming-question/256769/14 "2011-02-09T09:11:58Z")
Just skip the thought process and buy a rattle can. We all know that’s how its ultimately going to be done anyway. ---
**Author:** ![KrazyKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/krazykid/32/6371_2.png) [@KrazyKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KrazyKid)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2011, 9:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/black-chroming-question/256769/15 "2011-02-09T09:28:24Z")
How come we cant simply answer an automotive related question, godforbid, when they pop up. Who the fuck cares who is asking it, what potential they have to pull it off, or what they have driven/owned in the past? with that being said, I have no good answer for you question OP. “chroming” plastic is nowhere near like chrome plating metals. Think plastic model car kits. the chrome parts trees are what your thinking right? if so I think Status is on to how it works… I am sure a little research on the web would support it too. ---
**Author:** ![KrazyKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/krazykid/32/6371_2.png) [@KrazyKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KrazyKid)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2011, 9:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/black-chroming-question/256769/16 "2011-02-09T09:30:53Z")
google “chrome coating plastic” BAM [http://www.muellercorp.com/chromeplatingplastic.htm](http://www.muellercorp.com/chromeplatingplastic.htm) ---
**Author:** ![imported\_ST4TUS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/imported_st4tus/32/6290_2.png) [@imported\_ST4TUS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/imported_ST4TUS)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2011, 10:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/black-chroming-question/256769/17 "2011-02-09T10:24:37Z")
> [@Compressing springs](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/compressing-springs/39532/4): > > … if so I think Status is on to how it works… I am sure a little research on the web would support it too. Yes / Yes Ive sent out things for customers that _insist_ (for whatever reason) to the company you linked. It’s a pretty cool concept, but the cost is high- not that it matters, it’s not my money! ---
**Author:** ![justin2386](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/justin2386/32/6496_2.png) [@justin2386](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/justin2386)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2011, 1:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/black-chroming-question/256769/18 "2011-02-09T13:44:21Z")
yea, the stuff is already chrome…like the plastic trims and such…(all OEM) and i just wanted to tone it down a bit…im not a fan of a ton of chrome shit…so yea, that was the idea… ---
**Author:** ![votblindub](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/votblindub/32/6280_2.png) [@votblindub](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/votblindub)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2011, 1:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/black-chroming-question/256769/19 "2011-02-09T13:58:09Z")
> [@I guess JayS isn't leaving anything to chance...](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-guess-jays-isnt-leaving-anything-to-chance/39516/10): > > yea, the stuff is already chrome…like the plastic trims and such…(all OEM) and i just wanted to tone it down a bit…im not a fan of a ton of chrome shit…so yea, that was the idea… did i not call it? ---
**Author:** ![votblindub](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/votblindub/32/6280_2.png) [@votblindub](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/votblindub)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2011, 2:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/black-chroming-question/256769/20 "2011-02-09T14:00:02Z")
u can prolly spray it with a mix of black and clear, then ull need to make sure that mess wont chip. so maybe some clear film or a thick layer of clear or some kind of clear resin with hardener. trim pieces always get scratches and nicks in em. [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/black-chroming-question/256769.md?page=2)