First let me apologize for some of the pictures being very large, but I'm not at my normal computer so I'm unable to resize them. Also I know some of them came out very bright and you really can't see ****, oh well... I'll take some better ones later.
So I've searched and seen a lot of guys with the same problem I had with the chrome window trim being very white faded, dull, stained, and chalky looking. Like this...
I couldn't find anything to restore the trim that worked so I started looking online and found this website.
http://gordsaluminumpolish.com/
I bought a bottle of the polish/sealer to try it out.
I applied it like the directions said and videos on the website show with the steel wool that came with the polish. Then wiped it off with the red rag. I barely had enough to do all the trim. I had to rub like hell and do each sectioned off area at least 5 times. Each side of the car took about an hour or more. Onto the pictures.
The rear part of the trim before hand
Just getting started with the Gord's
And after several repeated passes
After doing the middle area...
Here's the front part of the trim before
And after
And finally here a shot of the drivers side complete. Keep in mind before I did this it looked just like the passenger side does
The pictures don't do it that great of justice so I will try to get some better ones. I had to rub like hell and this process is a lot of work but as you can see it works. The more you apply the polish the better and better it will get. It didn't restore it back to a mirror quality chrome finish like the newer cars have, however it looks more like a highly polished aluminum and cleans the metal up very well restoring the shine back to it.
So I've searched and seen a lot of guys with the same problem I had with the chrome window trim being very white faded, dull, stained, and chalky looking. Like this...
I couldn't find anything to restore the trim that worked so I started looking online and found this website.
http://gordsaluminumpolish.com/
I bought a bottle of the polish/sealer to try it out.
I applied it like the directions said and videos on the website show with the steel wool that came with the polish. Then wiped it off with the red rag. I barely had enough to do all the trim. I had to rub like hell and do each sectioned off area at least 5 times. Each side of the car took about an hour or more. Onto the pictures.
The rear part of the trim before hand
Just getting started with the Gord's
And after several repeated passes
After doing the middle area...
Here's the front part of the trim before
And after
And finally here a shot of the drivers side complete. Keep in mind before I did this it looked just like the passenger side does
The pictures don't do it that great of justice so I will try to get some better ones. I had to rub like hell and this process is a lot of work but as you can see it works. The more you apply the polish the better and better it will get. It didn't restore it back to a mirror quality chrome finish like the newer cars have, however it looks more like a highly polished aluminum and cleans the metal up very well restoring the shine back to it.