SaintNexus

After looking at the Tron Audi R8 Chrome paint job, I came across this website:

http://www.freecarkits.com/chromecargallery.htm

^Looks like you can just spray paint your car Chrome.

Here's the paint job applied to a Toyota Supra:

http://www.freecarkits.com/chrome-toyota.htm

Honestly, I think it looks sick, but not sure on how the quality is.

Thoughts?

Edit: Also, here's the website to where you can buy it:

http://www.alsacorp.com/products/mir...irra_price.htm

^$80 for 4 ounces of Chrome paint.

robloc93

I wish they would have had this when I was building Lowrider bikes back in the days...I remember I had to send out all my frames to get chromed.

Coconut

Looks interesting on concept cars but tacky on real cars. Not to mention blinding everyone on a sunny day.

IS-SV

That should lower resale value tremendously.

mmarshall

The obvious reason why this is not more popular would be the blinding effect on a sunny day. It would make the car not only hazardous to its own driver, but to those around it as well.

I don't know of any Federal safety law that specifically outlaws chrome paint jobs, but some things don't have to be spelled out on paper....they are just common sense.

IS-SV

^^ no kidding about common sense, same reason why you wouldn't want chrome wiper arms/blades, chrome hood scoops, etc.

mmarshall

With the chrome wiper-arms, though, they were specifically outlawed by the 1966 Motor-Vehicle-Safety Act (which, good or bad, you can primarily thank Ralph Nader for). For a while, automakers, instead, used chrome wiper arms spray-painted with a thin coat of flat-black paint that chipped or wore off rather easily (exposing bright-chrome dots), then, later-on, flat-black plastic arms that never faded or chipped. That law, I think, took effect in 1968.

Chrome hood-scoops, though, I don't know much about any laws that expressly outlaw them.....you may be able to fill us in on that.

IS-SV

None that I'm aware of, not that it matters.

SaintNexus

How sure are you guys that Chrome is illegal? I thought I read somewhere that it just depends on the state and jurisdiction, but I would assume that CA would be real **** about this.

What about these candy colors?

http://alsacorp.com/products/candyco...ates/candy.htm

I'm diggin the lemon yellow, reminds me of the yellow used for the ct200h.