Do you all know if the chrome trim around the windows, particularly the larger piece on the rear windows is actually plastic made to look like chrome? I'm asking because I've got some pretty bad swirling on mine and I'm wondering if it's got a clear coat on top of it that would allow me to buff all the tiny scratches out of it using polish.

 

All chrome is just a coating. It doesn't appear to be "chrome coloured paint".

Just test in a small inconspicuous area using a mild metal polish like Mothers, go slowly and see what happens.

 

What would be the best way to make them 'blacked out' instead of chrome?

 

I have swirls in mine on the rear doors. I had them literally from the very first car wash I had. I was pissed but I just keep telling myself that the car will not be perfect forever

 

Uh, paint them black?

 

i had mine vinyl wrapped in black. love the way it looks with the tinted windows.

 

do you have pictures of this? I wanna see how it looks on a light colored gs.

 

It's all metal. I polished mine a few times. When you do though, be prepared to lose a pad. Since you're polishing metal, you're going to blacken your pad. You can use regular polish on it. I used SIP on orange via UDM. Works great.

 

Good deal. Did you try a white pad and finishing polishing first and that didn't get it right or did you go right to the orange pad and cutting compound? I might try hand polishing it first as there isn't that much chrome trim. I'll see if I can forego wasting a pad on just the trim.

I've got white and orange pads and will be hitting it with Meguiar's M205 and M105 if necessary. I'll be using that combo for the rest of the paint too which is swirled up pretty badly.

 

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I didn't bother finishing it with white. Turns out fine. Initially, I tried it by hand. I wasn't done with 1/4 of one window before I gave up and busted out the machine.

 

The trims around the windows are made of stainless steel.Thats why they don't rust.I want to Powder coat mine.I pulled back the bubber and the trims are held down with rivets not screws.Suck......