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HK monaro boot strip were they all painted?
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Can some one tell was the chrome strip on the boot always painted in red or were some just polished? The one I have has no traces of red paint and I have noticed that some on ebay aren't painted.
Cheers Jimmy
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CHROME painted RED. think about it.
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Well they are actually anodised aluminium, which is even worse for holding paint.
They were there to represent tail lighs, yet to see silver tail light lenses, well back then anyway.
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I realise that they are aluminium I just used the word chrome cause they are shiny, anyway what I want to know Warren is were they always painted or were they sometimes just left polished? Thanks
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As I said they represent fake tail lights, and tail lights are red so yes they were all painted. Holden even had trouble with them new, they changed the formula for the paint as they were fixing them under warranty, but the new formula also faded. Most we
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Before you put on the red paint to the Aluminium, go to the hard ware and buy some Copper sulphide powder mix it and apply it to the area you want to paint and you should have a better surface to adhere to, sort of like a chromate conversion
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i have a new old stock one & the red paint looks as if it has been painted by brush
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Thank you once again Warren, that is why people are here as we get answers and explanations!!!
Cheers
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