Another Vent Window Update

What looks like a quick task actually took a couple hours to complete.

I reinstalled the pieces of stainless steel that protect the rear frame sections which are mounted to the division bars. In normal use, the vent window handles scratch this component which protects the factory black paint. Now it will protect the new chrome.


Rather than polish the stainless back to its original state I gave it a brushed finish to compliment the chrome.

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Vent Window Update

Instead of refinishing the vent window assemblies in the original black paint I decided to have everything that is visible chrome plated. Below are the vent window frames with the glass installed.

The glass was polished using a Porter-Cable random-orbital polisher and a felt pad with rhodite abrasive.

Below are the original vent window handles after being rechromed.


All of the newly chrome plated vent window components for the left window are shown below. The mounting frame was chrome plated because it was easier to plate the entire assembly rather than just the attached pivot.

The steel components were chrome plated by Tri-City Plating in Elizabethton, TN

The handles and pivot sockets were plated by R & D Finishing also in Elizabethton, TN


The next project is to reassemble these vent window components with the new division bars and rubber pieces.

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Email me: Ron B.

Enjoy the Ride !