Chrome ready.

Just a touch or maybe a full dress-up or a carefully placed piece of chrome spiffs up a vehicle’s interior and exterior, enhancing the car, truck, CUV or SUV — and adding value to it, and good vibes for its owner and those who see it on the road, or even just parked.
Whatever a restyler can do to bring that special touch of class, shine and sparkle to a customer’s ride, makes for happy, satisfied people on both sides of the cash register.

Take a few, long looks at some of the chrome-related products throughout our special section that will help close the deals this season and into the next.

ESCALADE, TAHOE, YUKON APPLICATIONS Carriage Works Inc., Grandview, Mo., presents its machined Marque-Mesh™ chrome-plated cosmetic enhancements for the following vehicles: Cadillac Escalade, Chevy Tahoe, GMC Yukon / Yukon Denali. USE INFO #423
	AUTOMOTIVE TRIM ICI/Innovative Creations Inc., Peoria, Ariz., offers its U-CUT, a flexible, chrome-impregnated ABS that can be cut to any design configuration with simple scissors, and applied as automotive trim. Manufactured for durability and ease of use by casual users and the “do-it-yourself” market. Retail packaged for display and available in 5", 6", 7" and 8" widths as universal rocker panel kits. Also available as a universal pillar post trim kit and gas tank door skin kit. USE INFO #401
4" OVAL WHEEL-TO-WHEEL MODULAR SIDE BARS Big Country Truck Accessories, Guadalajara, México, presents its new Wheel-to-Wheel side bars with 4" oval step. Easy bed access. Modular design for lower freight cost, damage reduction. Choose black powder-coat or chrome finish with five-year warranty. USE INFO #403
	VEHICLE VENTS Winfield Consumer Products Inc./Husky Liners, Winfield, Kan., makes available its Add-A-Vent® parts for many different vehicle body parts: front fenders, hoods, doors or quarter panels. Uses 3M™ self-adhesive acrylic tape for a no-drill installation. All Add-A-Vents showcase a chrome and black finish. USE INFO #400
MESH FOR GRILLES, VENTS, HOOD SCOOPS GRIP Tuning, Warren, Mich., presents its Electro-Plated Stainless Steel Mesh. The chrome mesh is a woven, crimped, chrome-plated mesh which comes in 48" x 16" sheets. For many custom applications, such as grilles, fairing vents, hood scoops, or anywhere a little bling might be added. USE INFO #404
	CHROME MOLDINGS Dawn Enterprises, Cleveland, makes available its dimensional chrome moldings designed for a style upgrade LCM Chrome Moldings are model specific, self-adhering, and made in the United States; with a lifetime warranty. USE INFO #408
HOOD LATCH STRIKERS Corvette America, Reedsville, Pa., makes available its Hood Latch Strikers for C5 Corvettes. Triple chrome-plated to complement chrome engine components or to add a touch of polished chrome under the hood. Easy mounting with included bolts and washers. USE INFO #413
	OFFROAD QUARTZ-HALOGEN LIGHTS Westin, Irwindale, Calif., introduces its 6" quartz halogen lights designed for offroading. Feature a uniform finish, chrome or black, full body and grille. Have chromed Westin brand grille plaque. Complements Westin MAX winch-mounting system grille guard or light bar. USE INFO #411
WHEELS FOR VINTAGE/MODERN MUSTANGS California Pony Cars, Ontario, Calif., releases its one-piece cast aluminum SS Wheels designed after the classic “Styled Steel” wheel used on 1960s vintage Mustangs. In 17" x 8" to fit 1964-1/2 to 1973, with a 4.75” backset; 17" x 8" with 5.3" backset for 2005-2009; 20" x 9" and 20" x 10" for 2005-2010. Direct bolt-on replacements for 1964-1/2 to 2010 models and other cars with 5" on 4.5" bolt patterns. USE INFO #410
	5" SIDE STEPS Dee Zee, Des Moines, Iowa, offers its full line of tubular products, including 5" chrome side steps for pickups and SUVs. Wide profile for maximum stepping surface. Molded plastic step pads. Lightweight aluminum is chromed. Easy installation for most current models. Also available in a gloss black finish and in side-box styles. USE INFO #409
CHROME-PLATED LUG NUTS McGard, Orchard Park, N.J., makes available its wheel lug nut installation kits. Wheel and tire theft protection through fully machined chrome-plated lug nuts. Available with Tough Nut® hex lug nuts or SplineDrive® tuner lug nuts. Most kits include wheel locks and key tool, I.D. card, storage pouch and chrome sleeve valve stems. USE INFO #414
	CHEVY SB BOWTIE CHROME DRESS-UP KIT Proform, Roseville, Mich., presents its engine dress-up kits for 1958-86 Chevy small-blocks. The Bowtie Chrome Street Performance kit comes with tall, baffled valve covers, eight hold-downs, eight wing nuts, a breather, a 14" air cleaner lid and a timing chain cover. Built to GM blueprints; features officially licensed Bowtie and Chevrolet logos in red and black. USE INFO #415
FLEXIBLE MOLDING LINE Cowles Products, New Haven, Conn., offers its CUSTOM CHROME™ chrome molding trims. Ultra-flexible moldings designed to add a chrome accent anyplace on a vehicle: around tail lights, on bumpers, signal lights and grilles. Product is available in 1/8", 1/4", 3/4", 1/2", and 1-3/8". A special truck edition also available in 2". All products use 3M Automotive Attachment Tape and are UV protected. USE INFO #412
	EXHAUST TIPS Go Rhino! Products, Brea, Calif., makes available its new exhaust tip in triple-nickel-chrome over stainless steel. Finish prevents corrosion and discoloration. A 360-degree clamp ensures secure fit and maximum hold. Limited lifetime warranty. USE INFO #405
ABS-CHROME PARTS RealWheels Corp., Gurnee, Ill., makes available from its I.D.E.A division a variety of billet, stainless steel and ABS-chrome parts and accessories: wheel accessories, grille inserts, fuel doors, and tubular products. USE INFO #416
	GRILLE GUARDS FOR BIG TRUCKS Go Industries, Richardson, Texas, offers its Big Tex Grille Guards to custom fit full-sized for Chevrolet, GMC, Dodge and Ford trucks, and SUVs. Made from single piece 14-gauge steel tubing, 1.9" in diameter. Won’t bend, flex or vibrate when in use. Frame-mounted no-drill installation, bolt-on light tabs for auxiliary lighting, heavy-duty rubber pads, optional headlight guards, optional black diamond step. Retains tow hooks on all applications. In duplex nickel-chrome plating or matte black powder-coat finish. USE INFO #407
HOOD PROTECTORS, SIDE-WIND DEFLECTORS Stampede Products, Camanche, Iowa, presents its latest chrome application, the Vigilante® Series hood protector for the 2010 Dodge Ram 2500 and 3500 series pickups. Hood Protectors go through a true chromium electroplating process for mirror-like finish. Chrome hood protectors and side-wind deflectors are available for most of the latest model vehicles. USE INFO #418
	FLAME, CUSTOM GRAPHICS Sharpline Converting Inc., Wichita, Kan., offers its ChromeWeaver™ Flame Graphic set and ChromeWeaver™ Sign Panel that simulates the appearance of automotive chrome mesh. The Sign Panel allows restylers to personalize their own graphics and lettering; in 16" x 96" size. Flame kit stylizes an automotive graphic icon; sized 9 1/16" x 63". USE INFO #419
ASSORTED RESTYLING CHROME Chrome Effects, Cincinnati, presents its complete chrome restyling packages for the most popular vehicles. Each package includes chrome pieces for each vehicle. Packages available in See2Sell retail packaging for display or in boxed product for inventorying. More than 30 applications. All product has a life-time warranty. USE INFO #420
	PILLAR TRIMS AutoMax/Benevento, Mount Vernon, N.Y., makes available its "True Bevel Technology" chrome pillar trims. Made from 304 stainless steel. Super-bright mirror finish. More than 350 applications currently available. Also available in brushed stainless. Can custom make any pillar: laser cut any shape or size. USE INFO #402
CHEVY/GMC CREW CAB OVAL-TUBE SIDE BARS United Covers Inc. (UCI), Arlington, Texas, introduces its chrome ABS, blow-molded, 6" oval-tube side bars for Chevy/GMC Crew Cabs. Side bars also offer universal fit for Ford, Toyota, Nissan and Dodge pickups; specific brackets sold separately. Also, custom-style brackets to fit the most popular trucks and SUVs. No-drill installation required for most applications. Limited life time warranty. USE INFO #417
	HOOD PROTECTION Lund International, Buford, Ga., makes available its Auto Ventshade’s Aeroskin for hood protection against bugs and stones. Available in either chrome or smoke finish. Contours to natural lines of both car and truck hoods. USE INFO #422
TRIM PILLAR POSTS Vinyl Graphics, Oostburg, Wis., makes available its Professional Trims pillar posts. In 24-gauge, 430 bright annealed stainless steel for a mirrored finish. USE INFO #421
	SPRAY-ON CHROME Spectra Chrome, Clearwater, Fla., offers its new "spray-on" chrome process. Can be applied over virtually any surface. Three-layer finish consists of layer of real silver metal deposited between two layers of paint; final paint layer is a durable clear that can be tinted to make product look like gold, chrome, copper or any reflective color desired. Strong UV resistance for both interior and exterior applications. Complete packages include equipment, accessories and performance solutions. USE INFO #430
TRIPLE-PLATED GRILLES Rolling Big Power (RBP), Corona, Calif., makes available its RX-2 Series studded frame, three-piece grilles for 2008-2010 Ford F-250/ F-350. All grilles are triple-plated chrome. Hand-crafted in the United States. Also, RBP billet chrome side vents for 2008-2010 Ford F-250/F-350. USE INFO #440
	NOSTALGIC MUSCLE-CAR LOOK Retro USA, Burnsville, Minn., makes available its Chrome-Tech™ front and rear bumpers, rocker molding, grille and tail light trim, quarter scoop, fender vent and strobe graphics. No rusting, cracking, chipping, peeling. Easy installation; no modifications required. USE INFO #424