| Beltline Molding [message #358939] |
Fri, 25 September 2020 12:16  |
agoogol
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Registered: August 2019
Location: Centennial, Colorado
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My 77 Kingsley has the typical black/chrome beltline molding. However, the chrome is nearly nonexistent, and flaked off in most areas. As well the adhesive was letting go. I think may have posted about this before now that I think about it. Its funny, you post on different forums and talk to people etc, you can't remember who you told what and where!
Anyway, I was thinking about just slapping some black paint on the old molding and putting it back on. But I imagine that won't look great. But buying new replacement is expenmsive for what it is. I know many people just paint it, (it being the aluminum strip underneath the rubber molding piece) body color and call it good.
However, as I was cleaning that strip of raised aluminum from all the old adhesive and flaking off paint, I brought a section of it down to bare aluminum. When we restored our old 59 Shasta, it had a Z stripe of bare aluminum. I was wondering, have you ever seen anyone strip and polish their beltline molding to bare aluminum only? I thought that may look good, but I don't believe I have ever seen a GMC with that look before?
Anyone?
Kevin Carter
1977 Kingsley - 403 c.i.
Centennial CO
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