Next time, I believe this is the route that I'll go. Using 3M Safest Stripper was far more labor intensive and time consuming than I thought it would be, so I can't recommend it for this type of thing. I'm not one to spare elbow grease but if there's a better way...

Scott-- That's lovely inspiration.

Force-- I believe this is an '85 model. I really don't know whether the other Opus III's were fully chromed but I'm sure someone on here has the answer to this.