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How are you guys getting rid of the chrome pieces on the X MR?

   
Old Mar 18, 2009, 07:45 PM
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How are you guys getting rid of the chrome pieces on the X MR?
Did Mitsu really have to go that extra mile to make it look cheeseyyy..?!
Any solutions especially for the chrome on the window strippings would be much appreciated...


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Old Mar 18, 2009, 07:50 PM
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someone will probably come out with carbon fiber peices for the x.. i believe they have for the 8 and 9 but they never had the gay chrome.
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Old Mar 18, 2009, 07:51 PM
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I personally like the chrome!
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Old Mar 18, 2009, 07:53 PM
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itll be discolored/pill off idk about mitsubishi but. cadillac has that crap on the sts and cts the new ones its not real chrome. It starts to look gross threw out the weather I see it all the time on gm vehicles.
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Old Mar 18, 2009, 07:53 PM
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trade you the chrome?
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Old Mar 18, 2009, 07:56 PM
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^like what he said, i am sure you can find a GSR owner to swap with.
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Old Mar 19, 2009, 03:38 AM
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I did a cheap and simple and reversible way...go get a huge piece of 3M matt black wrap, cut out the shape and pasted over all the chrome and gunmetal bits. Once you are sick of black, tear it off again.
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Old Mar 19, 2009, 06:53 AM
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That chrome means you own an mr
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Old Mar 19, 2009, 07:07 AM
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Originally Posted by monchy
That chrome means you own an mr
Doesn't mean he has to like it.

I too think the chrome looks cheap.
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Old Mar 19, 2009, 07:17 AM
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one of the reasons I bought a GSR
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Old Mar 19, 2009, 07:19 AM
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On the BWM forums, there are several persons who have used plasti-dip to color the chrome pieces black. Apparently it is reversible, too.
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Old Mar 19, 2009, 08:33 AM
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Yucks.. Agree.. Looks terrible
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Old Mar 19, 2009, 11:37 AM
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The only chrome I notice is on the front and I actually like it. The window stripping chrome is barely noticeable IMO.
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Old Mar 19, 2009, 11:58 AM
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I never noticed the chrome on the windows. Now that you've pointed it out to me, I think it looks pretty bad.
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the cheap chrome and the poorly painted vents on the MR look horrible IMO.
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