'67-'68 (maybe '69 too?), Grill Surround repair kit
I paid a shop in LA to restore my surrounds( the outer-most 1" wide aluminum strip. They replated the anodize, cleaned up and polished my chrome headlight surrounds and cleaned all the remaining parts. I was able to use 2 different sized common rivets to reassemble everything.
Does your kit include dies to straighten the surrounds or just rivets and tools to "pop" them into place? I just used a common rivet gun. It worked perfectly.
I reassembled everything, painted the argent portions with a rattle can and they came out looking like new. I know I would have never gotten my smashed up aluminum surrounds to look anything like they did. It's amazing to me that people have these skills. It's beyond me. I swear these guys could straighten a smashed aluminum can if you wanted them to.
They charged me $2000 including shipping both ways, but It was well worth it to me. They wanted nearly $4000 to completely restore them including repainting the argent, the black strip on the surrounds, the grills themselves and final assembly. I'm glad I didn't pay that much, as painting the remaining parts and reassembling the grills was not that bad of a job. Especially with the help and photos from members here.
I paid a shop in LA to restore my surrounds( the outer-most 1" wide aluminum strip. They replated the anodize, cleaned up and polished my chrome headlight surrounds and cleaned all the remaining parts. I was able to use 2 different sized common rivets to reassemble everything.
Does your kit include dies to straighten the surrounds or just rivets and tools to "pop" them into place? I just used a common rivet gun. It worked perfectly.
I reassembled everything, painted the argent portions with a rattle can and they came out looking like new. I know I would have never gotten my smashed up aluminum surrounds to look anything like they did. It's amazing to me that people have these skills. It's beyond me. I swear these guys could straighten a smashed aluminum can if you wanted them to.
They charged me $2000 including shipping both ways, but It was well worth it to me. They wanted nearly $4000 to completely restore them including repainting the argent, the black strip on the surrounds, the grills themselves and final assembly. I'm glad I didn't pay that much, as painting the remaining parts and reassembling the grills was not that bad of a job. Especially with the help and photos from members here.