I figured I would start a thread here regarding the de-chrome process I have recently started. The plan is to use SEM Trim Black Euro Jet on all OEM chrome pieces.
Stage 1 of this is a test on the chrome grill rings. I removed them, sanded with 220 grit, then smoothed with a green scotch brite pad. Cleaned thoroughly with rubbing alcohol and DupliColor prep spray. Sprayed each piece with 3 coats of DupliColor Adhesion Promoter, followed by 4 coats of SEM Trim Black. Not installed yet because full hardness is not achieved until 48 hours after painting...1 more day to go.
End result:
I will be following this same process for the roof rails, window trim, fog light bezels, door handles, and tail light bezels. The roof rails and window trim will be done with SEM Trim Black Charcoal Metallic to break up the all black look a bit.
More pictures and progress will be added as I move along with this.
I figured I would start a thread here regarding the de-chrome process I have recently started. The plan is to use SEM Trim Black Euro Jet on all OEM chrome pieces.
Stage 1 of this is a test on the chrome grill rings. I removed them, sanded with 220 grit, then smoothed with a green scotch brite pad. Cleaned thoroughly with rubbing alcohol and DupliColor prep spray. Sprayed each piece with 3 coats of DupliColor Adhesion Promoter, followed by 4 coats of SEM Trim Black. Not installed yet because full hardness is not achieved until 48 hours after painting...1 more day to go.
I will be following this same process for the roof rails, window trim, fog light bezels, door handles, and tail light bezels. The roof rails and window trim will be done with SEM Trim Black Charcoal Metallic to break up the all black look a bit.
More pictures and progress will be added as I move along with this.
I'll be interested to see how this comes out, especially the window trim. I had all my chrome pieces wrapped in Nov/Dec and my trim looks like crap cause of the winter here. (I'm in Utica, not far from you!). Surprisingly, my door handles and the lower bumper facia aren't too bad.
I'll be painting everything that is currently chrome. Roof rails and window trim will be a charcoal color...door handles, mirrors, tail light bezels, fog bezels will all be black like the grille rings.
I also bought some of their satin paint to test out. Textured plastic has a greyish color to it typically so I'm curious to see if this stuff will provide a "deeper" black as advertised.
Funny because I slowly started doing the same thing. Though I've been using satin for all my stuff. So far I've done the grille rings, lower valance, front emblem and replaced the door emblems. There was way too many small chrome pieces to sand/paint them all, so I spent the $50 on a replacement black set. Unfortunately that means they are gloss while all the rest of the stuff will be satin.
I was going to paint the tow hooks black, but my wife decided she wanted a red set after seeing them on a Trailhawk. All the rest of the chrome is slowly going back, which accents nicely with the gray paint (no worry of too much black like you're concerned with on a black Jeep).
I really need to do the mirrors next.
Industrial, nice work (and details) looks good. I will be following your changes with much of the same mods to my wk2.
Did you take the bumper cover off to remove the grill rings or did you use the method where you slide a piece of thin plastic behind the rings to release the clips?
Thanks man, I actually used trim sticks to pry off the rings. It's really easy, once you get one side loose, go to the other side, then just pull the bottom edge out toward you and down a little and they come right off.
Sanding and prep are the hard parts, the rest is cake.
your lucky, my 2017 rings are freakin screwed in from the inside, so I have no choice but to take the bumper off. I want to paint them satin because the gloss black is a little shiny, but its not important enough to take the grille off yet lol
i'm waiting to see how your window trim comes out, my wrap sucks. I might have to drive over to you and pay you paint mine lol my other options are to buy altitude black trim with 2 new back windows and switch everything out, which 2 bodyshops told me would be cheaper than having them paint them because of the labor cost., or just pull the wrap off and live with the chrome. which I cant do lol
Haha, I wish...it's pouring today and is supposed to continue until Saturday so I'll have to keep waiting unfortunately. I may go out and start sanding some of the window trim just to get a head start on it...it's going to take a while, sanding chrome is the worst.
I am not going to turn away helping someone out. We'll see how all this turns out first, but I'm guessing it won't be too bad since I've painted chrome quite a few times in the past, just not with this product.
Got the roof rails painted. Used SEM Trim Black Charcoal Metallic on the chrome, and their Satin Black on the textured plastic. You can see in the last picture, the difference between the "stock" plastic trim, and how it looks after being painted. I'll be doing this to ALL my black plastic trim now for sure. I think this solidified the fact that I will be painting my window trim in the Charcoal color.
Following! I've been slowly doing the same to mine and have been debating on the window trim either being black or charcoal from SEM. I also painted my roof rails SEM Charcoal and I think they look great. So curious to see your process on painting the window trim. Can't wait to see it!
Thanks guys, much appreciated. It's a really slow process and very time consuming but well worth it in the end. Debating what to do next, mirror caps or the fog bezels.
I'll look into those Trailhawk badges...not a fan of the red stripe so maybe I can try my hand at custom painting that red stripe a different color. I feel the JEEP badge on the front will just be completely removed as well.
Tell me about it being a slow process, I have some interior parts that I want to have painted and I am can't find the time to prep the parts to my satisfaction so I can have the body shop paint them for me.
I to had been painting some of my exterior trim and again the disassembly and prep is slow especially on a daily driver that has picked up lots of gunk.
do the window trim first, ummm, just because I want to see it lol
I wrapped mine, and it sucks. total garbage job. my buddy said it would cost more for him to paint the trim, than if I went and bought the trim in black, with 2 new rear windows.
so I want to peel off the wrap and maybe do what your doing
Looks good guys, Started on blacking out my wife's yesterday, roof rails , mirror caps and tail lights bezels done. Going to leave window trim and grille rings for last see how we like that look but I'm pretty sure I'll do them as well.
Looks good with the window trim being black, I'll be going a different route using Charcoal Metallic like I did on the roof rails though. Still need to finish painting all the textured plastic trim as well.
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