Want to Polish Exterior Moldings...Need to know the material

[7Dcuda]

I want to polish the exterior moldings on my 70 Cuda.  Between the front and rear windshield moldings, the side window drip molding on the edge of the roof, and piece below the front windshield where the wipers rest....which are stainless, which are aluminum, and which are chrome?     

[340SIX]

The drip rails are SS Some Gray Emery sould work fine and follow up with some White Rouge to bring out the color{depth}

[7Dcuda]

Thanks 340SIX....I was pretty sure the drip molding was stainless.  Mainly need to know whether the the front and rear windshield trim is also stainless or chrome....also the piece under the front windshield that the wipers rest on.

[tommyg29]

good question.
and what about the trim pieces on the doors/window weatherstripping. Mine have small scratches in them and would like to know if they can be polished out.
Thanks

[67vertman]

Under the front window is SS.

[7Dcuda]

Thanks guys...looks like so far everything I asked about is stainless.  Anyone know what the front and rear winshield trim is?

[71Plym]

Front and rear glass trim is SS.
I polished all my SS trim.  Time consuming and dirty, but possible.
I started by straightening and banging out any small dents.  Then sanding scratches with wet sandpaper.  I had to go to 400 to get rid of some scratches, then progress through to 2000.  After that, used the polishing wheels with the 3 compounds from Eastwood.  I redid each piece about 2 or 3 times until it looked decent (in my opinion).

[burdar]

Are there any anodised aluminium pieces on a Cuda like there are on a Challenger?  I assume the rear tail trim(if your Cuda has them) is anodised.

You can't polish the anodised pieces.  It will accually dull the finish.  If you don't want to spend the money on re-anodising(it's expensive) I have heard that you can strip the anodising off by using oven cleaner.  Once the anodising is removed, you can polish the aluminium.     

[71Plym]

Anodized pieces on my '71 Cuda included the "spears" below the bottom of the doors and the trim on top of the doors.  Tail panel trim was SS.