In the process of restoring my Corvair I discovered and wrote up a paper on the restoration of Stainless and Aluminum trim. I'll be using the same on my Dauphine.
What is nice about stainless is that it is almost indestructible. It is relatively easy to take really damaged pieces or scratched pieces and make them like new.
You can download the pdf here:http://www.widman.biz/Corvair/English/Links/Polishing.html
This is how my windshield trim turned out:
It actually started out like this:
The rear trim started like this
And ended like this
Aluminum is softer, and has to have the anodizing removed first (but that is easy too). Here is a headlight bezel before:
And after
Hope this helps. Sure is cheaper than replacements... and in many cases there are no replacements available.
What is nice about stainless is that it is almost indestructible. It is relatively easy to take really damaged pieces or scratched pieces and make them like new.
You can download the pdf here:http://www.widman.biz/Corvair/English/Links/Polishing.html
This is how my windshield trim turned out:
It actually started out like this:
The rear trim started like this
And ended like this
Aluminum is softer, and has to have the anodizing removed first (but that is easy too). Here is a headlight bezel before:
And after
Hope this helps. Sure is cheaper than replacements... and in many cases there are no replacements available.