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Old 03-01-07, 12:07 PM
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Question chrome door handle on a black n black????

hey guys .. i been thinking about getting a set of chrome door handle from my buddy .. do you guys think it will look weird / funny on my car .... at the moment my car is black on black .. nothing is chrome beside my front grill and the headlights... i did a search for black on black with chrome handle can't find anything.

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In my opinion chrome would be to flashy... especially on a black car.
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I think it would be ok if your black rims had a chrome or polished lip. It's go nicely if you added the chrome trunk trim too. I've seen the chrome pillars and the mirror covers but I'm not really feelin them. Where'd u get the chrome grill from?
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Originally Posted by LiqrSicc
I think it would be ok if your black rims had a chrome or polished lip. It's go nicely if you added the chrome trunk trim too. I've seen the chrome pillars and the mirror covers but I'm not really feelin them. Where'd u get the chrome grill from?
my rims does have a chrome lip on it... the grille i chrome it out myself .. i saw DIY on GS forums from GATO.... https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=228219 .. it came out nice but alot harder then the gs grille...

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Old 03-01-07, 06:03 PM
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My uncle and I painted the rear lift handle (where you put the key in on th rear door) silver about 3 years ago. Got tired of it and repainted it black.
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Originally Posted by sgv_bum
my rims does have a chrome lip on it... the grille i chrome it out myself .. i saw DIY on GS forums from GATO.... https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=228219 .. it came out nice but alot harder then the gs grille...
im doing this right now. PITA, 3rd spray and theres still spots where the paint wont come off
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Originally Posted by LiqrSicc
im doing this right now. PITA, 3rd spray and theres still spots where the paint wont come off
yea its hard ... i did it by section by section. i made it into three sections. i will tape off the other sections and slowly work on it... that spary burns like crazy man " KLEAN STRIP " got it on my arm that **** was burning .. good luck .. take some pictures when your done. i will take some pictures of mine too

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Cant wait to see pics this seems like a cool mod. And cheap too :-D
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hm...I'm not the best judge in the world, but I do have a theory.

*black on black stays black on black.

No offense, I hate the look of black rims, black paint, black windows, and then fu*cken chrome inserts all over the place. Personally it's just unattracive. Why ruin a good look? i.e. this guy in my neighborhood has a beautiful FX45, navy blue, chromed out stock rims, and then freakin chrome inserts all over the place...its nastttty!

so keep it black on black, maybe get some carbon fiber
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