Got my 71 Charger hidden headlight grille cleaned up.

[chargervert]

Anyone have a 71 right side grill for sell like this--thanks (this is left side)View attachment 1266664

I need a left side grille for a 72 also if anyone has one they want to sell.

 

[chargervert]

This must be the month for this project. Finished mine last week. Wiping down every little rib with lacquer thinner after painting with semi-gloss black was tedious. Personally i prefer it all black.

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Your grille came out great. It is tedious wiping all the chrome ribs down.

 

[T2R9]

They all look great! These things are tedious to redo without spending big bucks. I used jewelers files on the ribs to knock down the pits then cleaned them out with a pick. Polished the rib faces then masked with 1/4" masking tape and trimmed with a razor. Epoxy prime, lightly fill the pits and sand them out then used Trim black to finish. Went with the original textured argent on mine. Not perfect but respectable I think.

 

[pioneer61]

Looks great. Can't imagine having to do the pot metal repair you did.

 

[chargervert]

I started working on the R/T taillight bezels today.

 

[dicksmidlac]

Restored my taillights and rear bumper just before I did the front.Used glass in the cabinet blaster and painted satin black for my 72.

 

[pioneer61]

Looks great. Satin Black contrasts nicely with the chrome and red.

 

[chargervert]

Got the piece that goes below the license plate prepped and the silver done on it.

 

[chargervert]

I prepared the taillight bezels yesterday and got the silver sprayed on them. I am going to reverse mask them the opposite of the way the factory did. Where there was argent will be black and where there was black will be silver. I am letting them dry really well before I start masking them off.

 

[dicksmidlac]

Just restoring my headlight pods now.All this little stuff takes time

 

[chargervert]

It does, but it is so worth it when you get them on the car!

 

['68 Charger]

It came out pretty decent compared to what it looked like before. Gonna look great in my yellow Charger. The rear bumper is body colored, so I am going to blast and paint the front bumper to match and add the hidden headlight grille. View attachment 1265235

Are you planning on keeping your original grills?

 

[chargervert]

Are you planning on keeping your original grills?

They will probably be for sale. I bought the car last year,but I haven't seen the car in person yet. My friend picked up the car,and stored it for the winter. So I cannot give you a description until I pick up the car.

 

['68 Charger]

They will probably be for sale. I bought the car last year,but I haven't seen the car in person yet. My friend picked up the car,and stored it for the winter. So I cannot give you a description until I pick up the car.

No problem. If you remember, please hit me up when the grilles become available.

thanks

 

[pioneer61]

".....all this little stuff takes time..." TRUTH!

 

[chargervert]

More taillight pictures. I found two nicely polished rear taillight lenses I forgot I had up in my loft.

 

[chargervert]

I scuffed up the housings and painted them with rustoleum chrome paint to improve the reflective effect of the bulbs. I am missing the screws that screw the bezels to the housings, so I need to take one out of the taillight assembly of my other 71 Charger R/T so I can get new screws for them.

 

[chargervert]

Went and got all new screws and bulbs for the lights. I painted the screws silver to match the paint on the bezels.

 

[howard s martin]

Is that 8-32 x 1.5 screws?

 

[chargervert]

They are 1 5/8 screws from the factory. I bought 1 1/2 inch ones. They worked fine in all but two of the holes that were stripped. 8.32 thread.