how do you restore your aluminum grille trim

I've seen spray-on chrome since they sent me their debut video several years ago. It's kind of cool but you aren't kidding on the initial investment.

zigs up there hired me because he was looking more for a brushed aluminum look on his Dart's front end than a factory style recreation.

But I get that "How's it look?" question quite a bit. Chrome powder looks pretty good on its own but I can't really recommend its use when it will be visually close to real chrome -- for example, you wouldn't want to use chrome powder on your bumperettes riding on top of a real chrome bumper because you can tell at a glance that it's not the same stuff. It's shiny and smooth but it doesn't have that mirror-like quality you get with a nice triple plating job. My "Standard Chick Answer" is that you can kinda see yourself in it but you couldn't tell if you had a blackhead or not. :-D

With the EPA's regulatory attacks on chrome shops the last few years, sadly most of the good ones have been driven out of business and the survivors' prices -- and waiting lists -- have gone up several fold. I've seen a big increase in my customers' requests for chrome powder coating the last few years as a result.