not polished yet

no idea why its flipping pics sorry

really

I tried lord knows I tried

now that is sweet!

Basketcase thanks for the help with the pics,I can do a lot of things but this tech stuff sometimes it gets the better of me.

Got it shined up, used 2000/3000 grit then momas metal polish. Hope the pics don't flip but....

I wonder why the pics keep flipping any ideas? I'll post more pics in a couple months when I get the truck all back together. Need to polish the truck now and get windows back in then interior, assemble bed. bumpers, trim, get tires, charge a/c.......daylight I see daylight on this project or is that a train......I fear putting the hood on...

fantastic job!

So the military grille was chrome anodized under the green paint?

52savoy When the green paint and yellow primer are removed you are left with raw/bare aluminum the seller was sure to point this out as he has sold them in past and others expected an anodized aluminum to be present, After removing paint when you rub grille with rag it comes up black reflecting uncoated metal (I have previously had to sand off anodizing on other trim pieces for this truck and it takes a bit to get through to metal) I spent time sanding the bare aluminum and polishing it to the shine in pics, I really like polished aluminum more than chrome all it needs is a bit of attention time to time and the price wont make you choke like when I had posts and emblems chromed.

down side to bare aluminum grille ,hit a butterfly at 5mph it'll scuff the grille.

I know about taking the anodizing off. I wet sanded it off my '68 roadrunner grille that had surface anodizing scratches. I considered sending the grille out but I haven't seen anyone who make a perfect match for roadrunner grille paint.

To be honest I have not checked into having the grille anodized is the price similar to re chroming? I thought maybe I'd clear it or have it powder coated but with either of those options I most likely will have adhesion problems to a polished grille surface. So going with the rag and polish for now. If you don't mind what do they get to anodize roadrunner grilles like yours?

opinions I need opinions, What do you think should I leave grille as is completely polished? should I paint the insert black? or paint the insert to match body color? I'm leaning towards as is polished but think body matched paint may look good....

let it be....looks too good to paint anything.

It does look great! I would mask off and paint the areas black that should be black from factory, but either way its gonna look great, awesome job!