Not exactly a high-tech topic, but for those of you who have scraped-up or blackened (from baked-on brake dust) hubcaps and have been floored by the price of new ones, here's an idea: I picked up a $3 can of "aluminum" spray paint yesterday, shot two coats of the stuff on the hubcaps and popped 'em back on within an hour. They're a little shinier than I would have liked, but I'm sure they'll dull out in no time. Filled in some of the curb scratches as well. I also picked up some flat black and intend to do the front grilles as well (after I scrape the bug guts off). -Karl
__________________________________ Karl & Kristina Bloss - bloss@enter.net Trexlertown, PA - '87 Vanagon Weekender "Beverley" http://www.enter.net/~bloss/vw |
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