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stainless... buffed or chromium plated ??

Postby ceejay » Mon Nov 15, 2010 9:38 am

Hi guys,

The 58 Century has a lot of stainless shiny bits right ?

Should these be buffed or chromium plated ?
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Re: stainless... buffed or chromium plated ??

Postby Smartin » Fri Nov 19, 2010 11:08 pm

There are several types of metal on the car. Stainless steel parts should be polished/buffed. All of the parts like the taillight bezels and bumpers should be chromed. And even a few pieces on the rear bumpers are stainless steel.
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Re: stainless... buffed or chromium plated ??

Postby dvonk » Sat Nov 20, 2010 11:14 pm

just out of curiousity, what parts of the rear bumper are stainless?

i cant think of any on mine, but maybe the Special got left out... :lol:
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Re: stainless... buffed or chromium plated ??

Postby Smartin » Sun Nov 21, 2010 1:03 am

The two center inserts that have the black stripes, and also the license plate surrounds.
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Re: stainless... buffed or chromium plated ??

Postby dvonk » Sun Nov 21, 2010 7:32 am

oh yeah, i had forgotten about those! :D
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what license plate surrounds ??

Postby ceejay » Sun Nov 21, 2010 1:09 pm

Hey guys...

License plate surrounds you say ??

Is something missing from my car ? please see photo
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Postby Smartin » Sun Nov 21, 2010 7:18 pm

This is a full size bumper, I'm not sure if the Special/Century bumpers have these 3 pieces..
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Re: stainless... buffed or chromium plated ??

Postby dvonk » Mon Nov 22, 2010 12:17 am

you can see my license plate surround in this photo:
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Re: stainless... buffed or chromium plated ??

Postby ceejay » Mon Nov 22, 2010 12:51 am

Ah yes !!

Many thanks for that guys.... yet more bits I need to find and import from the USA for my car .. *sigh*
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Re: stainless... buffed or chromium plated ??

Postby dvonk » Mon Nov 22, 2010 7:48 am

a little bit at a time, right ceejay? :wink:

interesting... Smartin, comparing our two bumper photos, your striped center inserts on your bumper do look stainless, however, mine clearly are not (notice the rust-through on the lower corners). does anyone else know about these? were the 'big series' cars equipped with stainless but the 'small series' not? mid-run production change? aftermarket upgrade? just thinking out loud...
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Re: stainless... buffed or chromium plated ??

Postby Smartin » Mon Nov 22, 2010 9:52 pm

I'm not sure...I'll have to look at mine closer. I had just assumed they were stainless.
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Re: stainless... buffed or chromium plated ??

Postby dvonk » Tue Nov 23, 2010 8:34 am

i suppose you could try sticking a magnet to yours... it shouldnt stick to stainless.
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Re: stainless... buffed or chromium plated ??

Postby Smartin » Fri Nov 26, 2010 1:20 pm

Here is an auction for a rear bumper for the Special/Century, and it looks clear that they're stainless...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1958-Bui ... ccessories

I stuck a magnet on mine, but there is a steel backing plate that these are matted to, so it stuck.

Can you get a closer shot of the rust-through on yours?
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Re: stainless... buffed or chromium plated ??

Postby 58limited » Fri Nov 26, 2010 6:34 pm

One thing to note: on Roadmasters and Limiteds, a lot of the "stainless" such as the windshield revel moldings are actually chrome plated.
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Re: stainless... buffed or chromium plated ??

Postby dvonk » Mon Nov 29, 2010 10:53 pm

hi guys, sorry about the delay, i was out of town for the past week.

58limited, about the 'stainless' on the big-series cars that is actually chrome--is it stainless that is chrome plated or is it just regular chrome?

and Smartin, clearly the bumper fill panels on that ebay auction are indeed stainless! :shock: too bad mine dont look like that. enclosed are photos, one has a photo of the license plate frame (obviously stainless), which has no rust...
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