Kidney grill - metal or plastic?

[Jon K]

Hey all - trying to decide on something. Are the kidney inserts (the chrome part not the slats) made of plastic or metal?

[bubba966]

Plastic.

[attack eagle]

yep. very heavy copper and nickel coat on them.

[Ferret]

Yeah deffo plastic, the tabs on them are prone to snapping

[nirvana19]

Yep, plastic, there are huge cracks on the sides of mine from when something backed into my grille. They're still pretty tough, though.

[Jon K]

Damnit - alrighty thanks boys

[Qube]

Plastic. The chroming process is incredibly durable (on nickel). I tried to 'dechrome' the grill on the 135 and it took some effort. Acid all the way only.

[Jon K]

Yah - I wanted to powder coat them but that won't work thx guys

[Booster]

Microfine wetsand 1000 grit and trim black. Or do like I did and tint some clear with blk. and spray till happy.

[Jon K]

Just not a fan of painting as it will chip in < 100 miles