Yes, it looks a little darker than chrome, but I have not tried to clean it. I
think when its polished up, it will look very expensive. my head lite doors are
stainlees too, i wish one of my grilles were staieless. is there such a thing as
a staineless grille?
Blaine & Maggie Dumkee wrote:
> Does the stainless steel match well with other chrome pieces such as grilles
> and headlight doors?
>
> Blaine Dumkee
> 59 GMC 9314
> Fort Smith NT
> Canada
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ADvent@thuntek.net <ADvent@thuntek.net>
> To: Woody <woodrow@isomedia.com>
> Cc: oletrucks <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
> Date: Wednesday, April 26, 2000 9:58 PM
> Subject: Re: [oletrucks] bumper
>
> I have a unpainted bumper and a factory stainless bumber. Tomorrow, I will
> guage
> it. I didn't notice a thickness difference, but I wasn't looking for that,
> either. I think the stainless looks better than chrome. It really bothers me
> when I buy repro parts and the quality is par with a Yugo or a Lada. It used
> to
> be you had to really bang the bumper before the chrome chips off.
>
> Woody wrote:
>
> > I don't know anything about the quality of the stainless bumpers, but I am
> a
> > machinist with a lot of experience working with stainless. If the bumpers
> > are made of 303 or 304 which are the most common types available in sheet
> > form for stamping, they will polish up to a shine that will match chrome.
> > As an added benefit, if you scratch a stainless part, you can just polish
> it
> > again.
> >
> > Woody
> > 53 GMC 1/2T
> >
> > oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
>
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
>
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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