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Here's a few photo's of my recently Linex'd bumpers and grill.
Took them off myself and carted them to a Linex shop. They Linexed the front and back of all the parts so the whole thing is "encapsulated" as they say.
Not too many issues. They came off without problem. And they mostly went back on without problem although the Linex does add some thickness and some of the OEM plastic push pin fasteners didn't have enough reach so I had to buy aftermarket fasteners (this was for attaching the lower plastic fairing to the front bumper).
If I had it to do over again, I would have paid more attention to the tabs on the backside of the grill that insert into attachment slots on the vehicle ...I would tape over these tabs so they wouldn't be covered with Linex. --The Linex made the tabs thick enough so that it was tough inserting them into the slots.
In fact, if I did it over I'd note wherever there were attachment pins/slots or other such interfaces and tape them to keep the Linex off. It would have made reinstalling easier.
I opted for the UV resistant Linex.
This shop has experience with Linexing chrome and took a grinder to the chrome before applying the Linex. Said if you don't do that you'll have adherence issues later on.
Took them off myself and carted them to a Linex shop. They Linexed the front and back of all the parts so the whole thing is "encapsulated" as they say.
Not too many issues. They came off without problem. And they mostly went back on without problem although the Linex does add some thickness and some of the OEM plastic push pin fasteners didn't have enough reach so I had to buy aftermarket fasteners (this was for attaching the lower plastic fairing to the front bumper).
If I had it to do over again, I would have paid more attention to the tabs on the backside of the grill that insert into attachment slots on the vehicle ...I would tape over these tabs so they wouldn't be covered with Linex. --The Linex made the tabs thick enough so that it was tough inserting them into the slots.
In fact, if I did it over I'd note wherever there were attachment pins/slots or other such interfaces and tape them to keep the Linex off. It would have made reinstalling easier.
I opted for the UV resistant Linex.
This shop has experience with Linexing chrome and took a grinder to the chrome before applying the Linex. Said if you don't do that you'll have adherence issues later on.






