Hi Mike and all, Sounds like sometime between '56 and '62 flash chroming stopped being used. I know my '56 stainless had flash chroming as the person who did my stainless demonstrated to me the flash chrome on the trim and some '56 B wheelcovers. I vaguely remember him using a solvent that removed the flash chrome so it he could buff the stainless more quickly and easily. Maybe acetone?? (Help me out here Al Vannice!!) I'll try to give my polisher a call and ask him if that is so. John Cote CT. -----Original Message----- From: MRS954@xxxxxxx To: chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 22:15:26 EDT Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] what was and what wasn't flash-chromed? Hi Group, I've been following this string all day. I thought I'd throw in my 2 cents. When I assembled my 300H three years ago, I polished all my stainless trim and wheel covers with my 3/4 HP polishing wheel. I used grey compound and white rouge. There was no plating on any of my parts. All the parts polished up nicely. And the wheels turned as black as the paint on the car. This tells me the trim is stainless without plating. Just thought you'd like to know... Mark Souders 300H Mohrsville, PA [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To send a message to this group, send an email to: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For list server instructions, go to http://www.chrysler300club.com/yahoolist/inst.htm Yahoo! Groups Links To send a message to this group, send an email to: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For list server instructions, go to http://www.chrysler300club.com/yahoolist/inst.htm Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Chrysler300/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Chrysler300-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/