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03-03-2008, 02:02 PM
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Aluminum window trim?
Is the aluminum trim found around the windows (windshield, rear, doors)available anywhere? Mine has seen better days and is very dull. Apparently there is no way to reverse it's condition based on what I have read on this forum. Thanks in advance!
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03-03-2008, 02:12 PM
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Somebody mentioned having it reanodized. Don't know who does this or how much it would cost, but I guess it's a possibility.
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03-03-2008, 02:38 PM
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IF it comes off easily, how about getting it chromed?
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03-03-2008, 02:55 PM
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What was I thinking? Of course there isn't an easy way out! Maybe I could buy some aluminum duct tape and cover the trim with that...................................Thanks for the suggestions. I will check out the chrome option. I see other cars similar to mine and their trim still looks pretty nice. I have trim envy.
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03-03-2008, 03:00 PM
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the trim around the doors(not the trim that holds the window scraper) is very hard to remove. Basically you have to get the door down to a shell since it was more or less the second thing put on the doors after paint.
Then its onto finding someone to reanodize it
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03-03-2008, 03:15 PM
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Their is no cheap way to fix it, unless you run across a junk yard car with perfect trim.
You have to either replace it or re anodize it.
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03-04-2008, 09:03 AM
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There is a cheap way to fix it, folks. It's tedious, though, and the results only last a few years, depending on the climate.
BMWs have similar anodized trim and end up with the same problem, and a number of us have used a product called Classic TrimCoat. Paul, the owner, gave a presentation to our local BMW CCA chapter, which is how I found out about it (you can get it from Paul directly at the link above or at BMP Design and other BMW parts suppliers). Paul makes it look easy because he's an artist with lots of experience in hand-painting. I'm pretty particular and found it tedious and frustrating (I had to do a few pieces over). Don't even think of it if you don't have a breeze- and dust-free area in which to work. The results did end up looking great, though. 
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03-04-2008, 09:49 AM
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I want to try that stuff too
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03-04-2008, 10:10 AM
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Someone else, on this forum, mentioned these folks: http://www.caswellplating.com/index.html
It seems that anyway you go at it would be very tedious. The scale tipper is would the results last at least a few years.
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