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Old 09-21-2018, 05:00 AM   #1
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Headlight and taillight retainer rings-- were they chrome???

Were the thin rings around the headlights originally bright and shiny chrome like the bumpers? Mine are pretty tarnished and I'm tempted to give them to my chrome guy along with the taillight rings.



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Old 09-21-2018, 05:04 AM   #2
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Re: Headlight and taillight retainer rings-- were they chrome???

I maybe wrong, but I believe they are stainless steel. Just use some metal polish and use a dremel polish pad/wheel. I bet they would clean up pretty nice.
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Old 09-21-2018, 05:09 AM   #3
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Re: Headlight and taillight retainer rings-- were they chrome???

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I maybe wrong, but I believe they are stainless steel.
Ok, guess I'll just leave them then. Was hoping you'd say they were chrome so I'd have an excuse to send more parts to chrome lol. They don't look bad in stainless, I'll probably wet sand them and polish. That is, if they don't slice my fingers off in the process.

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Old 09-21-2018, 06:51 AM   #4
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Re: Headlight and taillight retainer rings-- were they chrome???

Polished the headlight rings on a buffer the tail light trim stripped with EZ OFF and polished


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Old 09-21-2018, 08:59 AM   #5
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Re: Headlight and taillight retainer rings-- were they chrome???

Wow,they look great polished,guess I have another project to do!
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