(I'm posting here, rather in than in the RX300 forum, because there seem to be more people modding and updating SC's than RX's...)

I made the mistake of buying some flexible chrome molding off eBay. Since I wanted trim for some rarely-touched surfaces (like where the plastic and vinyl pieces of my doors meet---places no one ever touches) I was just looking for something small (e.g., 3 or 4 millimeters in diameter), self-adhesive, and chrome in color. Seriously, I had very low expectations...

...or so I thought. This is what was sent to me:


Only the tippy-top portion of the molding is "chrome". Both sides of the trim show lots of white opaque plastic (that white you see is plastic, not a reflection from chrome). There's seriously no place I could put this in my car that wouldn't show some white in addition to chrome, and that's most definitely NOT the look I was going for.

So now I ask: where can one buy high quality (perhaps professional grade) flexible "chrome" molding strips? You know, something where 100% of the visible surface is chrome, rather than just 60%?

By the way, I'm in Atlanta. If you have a local recommendation, I'll take it, too.

Thanks in advance.

 

I've used chrome trim from Autozone or Pepboys for my 2nd gen GS bumper before. It looks exactly like the Lexus OEM chrome bumper trim.

 

I went to PepBoys, O'Reilly, and AutoZone and couldn't find what I was looking for, specifically, a small diameter trim.