good work bro

 

Took two crappy pics but here is the before and after:







(excuse the residue)

 

Holy cow, yours was pretty bad. It almost looks like it was painted flat white. Good job on the restore I thought mine was dull but you could still tell it was chrome

 

dont let the residue dry up in there or else its gonna be annoying to get out, use a toothpick and run it across the tiny gap to get all of the residue out and then wipe it with a MF cloth.

 

I am going to try a toothbrush to remove all the residue. Hope that will work?

 

Wow, I guess I won't have to go out an buy new strips... i can use the chrome polish I have until it runs out.

 

My strips are that same bright grayish color in the first pic, I kind of thought they were not chrome but originally were that grayish color, I guess I may try cleaning them now, I will try some Megs PlasticX first.

 

Do it! And I know it sounds crazy but this weekend when I saw a GS that had these strips polished to a bright chrome shine (DaveGS4's old car) it looked so good and made a huge difference. That shine really sets off the sides of the car in a way you wouldn't think it could.

 

MPLexus, try "Never Dull." Roughly $5.00+ at Pepboys, Autozone, R&S auto store. Check out my thread in the Detailing thread about it.

 

havent tried it, toothpick works best for me.

 

will this chrome polish scratch the paint if your not careful? i mean the chrome strip is very thin so it would be hard to avoid the paint.

 

my strips also are that grey colour, and cost around $170AUD each for new ones through the dealer! i tried plast X on mine but couldnt get it to do anything, but the front one i sortof scratched with my nail by accident and noticed the chrome beneath.. i thought it had faded away!

i have some other wheel polish i bought, not Hot Rims but similar, so i will try that otherwise ill go grab some hot rims and shine em up!

 

post pics!! mine look dull as well

 

Meguiars = on all there products.....

 

I did my rear bumper today... It looks like new again.

Thanks for the tip MpLexus...