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If you’re referring to the actual door frame trim on a post car, it is aluminum. The drip rail trim is stainless. It can be polished out, but remember that it has a coating that hinders corrosion. I had my trim polished, but then was sent for recoating.
If you’re referring to the actual door frame trim on a post car, it is aluminum. The drip rail trim is stainless. It can be polished out, but remember that it has a coating that hinders corrosion. I had my trim polished, but then was sent for recoating.
yes it is the trim on the door frame.
thanks for that info. I was hoping it was stainless.
Should you decide to try to refurbish those pieces yourself, be careful not to get them thin or wavy. Those pieces are getting exceedingly hard to find replacements for, and to my knowledge there are none being reproduced.
The aluminum trim parts are anodized, which prevents corrosion and dulling. If you polish them, it will remove the anodizing. This isn't fatal, but it does mean that you will be continually polishing them to keep them that way. Wax over the polished surface will help. I had a friend who had is polished aluminum wheels clear powder coated, which he is happy with. Obviously you can also have the parts re-anodized, but that won't be cheap once you find a vendor.
Should you decide to try to refurbish those pieces yourself, be careful not to get them thin or wavy. Those pieces are getting exceedingly hard to find replacements for, and to my knowledge there are none being reproduced.
They just have some scratches and I was hoping to do them on the car for fear of damaging them trying to get them off and back on.
Thanks
The aluminum trim parts are anodized, which prevents corrosion and dulling. If you polish them, it will remove the anodizing. This isn't fatal, but it does mean that you will be continually polishing them to keep them that way. Wax over the polished surface will help. I had a friend who had is polished aluminum wheels clear powder coated, which he is happy with. Obviously you can also have the parts re-anodized, but that won't be cheap once you find a vendor.
I wouldn’t mind having to polish them from time to time rather than trying to get them re-anodized.
I was hoping to do them on the car.
What do you think of using some of the Ceramic coatings that are out there to help preserve the finish or is that a bad idea?
Thanks for your input.
[QUOTE=joe_padavano;1545354 I had a friend who had is polished aluminum wheels clear powder coated, which he is happy with [/QUOTE]
I stripped the clear coat and polished the factory Alcoa wheels on my Duramax a couple of years ago. When I approached my powder guy about clearing, he was very reluctant as the coating would not have an etched surface to cling to. I would suspect that he is correct as nearly every single one of these wheels have lifted clear with corrosion or oxidation underneath. I ended up spraying Imron clear on the backside and inside the hoop to ward off corrosion and intend to polish the faces as required. The vehicle stays inside and gets limited use. (30,000 miles in ten years)
I had wondered this myself. My car shows it was optioned for the Stainless, but I got dinged at Nationals this year for it being incorrect. I never looked that closely at it, but it definitely caught my attention after that and have wondered the same thing. Not even so much as whether I have the stainless that it was optioned to have, but what was incorrect. I'm assuming they don't make replacement parts for it, but that's a question for even further down the line.
