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Post by **captainluigi** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 5:12 pm

the ''gold' pkg gold is pretty faded. what are the options? remove all that crap and powder coat or paint or ? that goldtone ;look is not my 1st choice. its whats i got. anybody replated?

Post by **Jeff Williams** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 6:44 pm

Part of my car has been replated, but it still looks crappy. It is not very popular at the dealerships anymore. You have to go to the other side of the tracks, nowadays, to get gold plating done.

I have just decided to live with it, myself.

Post by **CrimsonQ** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 7:30 pm

Id just paint em :P

I have the rear q45 badge from my 90 (just silver/chrome finish whatever its called) if you want it. I took it off a while back.

Post by **KoukiS14** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 11:31 am

I've considered color-matching the badging. . it'd be best to buy brand new stuff though, and let a pro paint them for you before removing from the protective backing. .

probably the route I'll go on the QX4. . I dunno. .

Post by **captainluigi** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 6:31 am

protective backing? does that imply the various badges are attached with an adhesive as opposed to ?.

Post by **maxnix** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 7:06 am

The Q45(t or a) on the trunk is.

Post by **goody90q45** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 7:55 am

I bought new trunk badging from Joe when I installed my spoiler. In chrome finish it was less than $20. Gold lettering shouldn't be but a few dollars more.

Post by **Rex** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 8:00 am

There's been discussions before about low priced on car plating systems, but I'd personally go with the non-gold-ish look and get soem new chrome/silver ones from Joe .

Post by **squeefoo** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 8:14 am

From what I've seen of the gold replating... it seems to have a greenish-yellow haze that gets worse as it ages. Good for cleaning it up for a quick sale.

From what I hear the good stuff is titanium coated, and doesn't oxidize like the cheaper stuff, not sure if it works on plastic. My $.02....not really into the gold package bling thing.

Post by **KoukiS14** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 9:44 am

captainluigi wrote:protective backing? does that imply the various badges are attached with an adhesive as opposed to ?.

Similar to 3M tape that is sort of built into the badging. When you buy badging, or an emblem, it comes on a piece of slick paper like a sticker. You peel that off, and bam. . sticker. . plastic, and 3d, but that's pretty much all they are.

What I was thinking is to take the "sticker" to the body shape, and have them paint it before removing it from the protective backing.

Just a thought.

Post by **Q451990** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 1:41 pm

The G has a darker chrome on the grille, and I think I've seen it used on some BMWs, etc. Is it called Black Chrome? I think that would look very nice. I've often thought that doing all of the chrome on my Q would be very nice...

Heath

Post by **KoukiS14** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 3:54 am

Q451990 wrote:The G has a darker chrome on the grille, and I think I've seen it used on some BMWs, etc. Is it called Black Chrome? I think that would look very nice. I've often thought that doing all of the chrome on my Q would be very nice...

Heath

YEAH!! I concur. . I think it is called black chrome. . I love it. Tasteful, yet toned down a bit.

Post by **bullittandy** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 4:08 am

Paint cleaner/polish will reomove the gold and expose the chrome underneath, that's what I did and have been pleases with the results.

Post by **captainluigi** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 5:17 am

that sounds easy! i like easy! but what is paint cleaner/polish?

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