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Need Advice for Chrome to Black Alteration Please

I recently purchased a truck that has nerf bars or the "tube step side". The bars are shiny chrome, I assume chrome plated or something. I want to spray the chrome with some type of black durable paint. I don't know what's best to go over chrome or what will adhere to it. I like the bars there just the wrong color. Can someone recommend a paint that will last on the exterior of a truck please.

Kalen Rowland
Hobbyist - Atlanta, Georgia
2005

Well.... I think most here will agree with me when I say that you will have difficulty (if not impossible) getting paint to adhere to chrome. The best I can suggest is to have the job quoted to remove the chrome and apply black powder coat and compare that to the cost of new parts already in black.

Tim Hamlett, CEF
- West Palm Beach, Florida, USA
2006

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