kcsilveradoss Posted March 21, 2010 Report Share Posted March 21, 2010 I did not do this on my Silverado, but on the Cobalt. When I bought it, one of the first problems I saw was the power window switch bezels were peeling and flaking where someones fingernails had scratched the finish off. It drove me nuts so I took some easy steps to curb the issue, and hopefully increase the longevity of the finish. The results yielded a piece of which I feel looks better than the factory part, and matched everything on the door perfectly. I'm not sure where this will help on the SS, but I know that most of you own other gm products that have similar issues. I chose black for my projects, but there are other colors avaiable. Here are progression pics. couple of pics showing the defects switches removed stripping part-here I flipped the part over in a glass dish and poured stripping agent in dish until it covered the part of bezel that shows. Pics of the chemical used and part after being soaked for 2 min. After part was removed the excess paint was wiped away and re-dipped until all silver removed. This process did not take long, 10 minutes at most. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kcsilveradoss Posted March 21, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2010 pic of the part after stripping, and ready for paint. All I did after stripping was made sure part was dry, the chemical used removes all adhesives and anything that will affect paint. next pic of the paint used, purchased at lowes for a few dollars, color choice is yours. pics of part after 2 coats, 15 minutes apart and set in front of space heater (its 33* here). one is close-up to show texture installed pics hopefully this helps someone out, please leave me some feedback or questions if you have any. Shaun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fireman31 Posted March 21, 2010 Report Share Posted March 21, 2010 Nice write up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lifted94XLT Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 Haven't even had the car a week and you're already ricin it out..... color matching the interior parts to the exterior. I'll try and get you some stickers or something so you can get even MORE horsepowers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kcsilveradoss Posted March 22, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 Haven't even had the car a week and you're already ricin it out..... color matching the interior parts to the exterior. I'll try and get you some stickers or something so you can get even MORE horsepowers. yeah i know, i could have been finishing the trans on the truck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lifted94XLT Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 yeah i know, i could have been finishing the trans on the truck Yeah, exactly!! what are you thinkin!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kcsilveradoss Posted March 22, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 Yeah, exactly!! what are you thinkin!!! this weather has me HIGHLY unmotivated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lifted94XLT Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 this weather has me HIGHLY unmotivated ONE BOLT!!! why do I have a feeling I'm gonna have to finish it for you.... GAMF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kcsilveradoss Posted March 22, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 ONE BOLT!!! why do I have a feeling I'm gonna have to finish it for you.... GAMF one bolt on the bellhousing, then t-case, crossmember, trucool, yada yada yada Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lifted94XLT Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 one bolt on the bellhousing, then t-case, crossmember, trucool, yada yada yada I used to do all that on the rockcrawler twice in one day.... come on meow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2bfast Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 I used to do all that on the rockcrawler twice in one day.... come on meow Such a Billy Badass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lifted94XLT Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 Such a Billy Badass well yeah, didn't you know that? I mean, I "am bigger than you, and you aren't used to that". lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2bfast Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 well yeah, didn't you know that? I mean, I "am bigger than you, and you aren't used to that". lol I will give you that, you are one large individual Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lifted94XLT Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 I will give you that, you are one large individual Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kcsilveradoss Posted March 22, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 Looks like Brian may have finally found someone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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