thanks yo. lot of conflicting info here. i understood that it was possible to powdercoat but not paint onto chrome. does anybody have a DEFINITIVE answer to that one? i understand it will be necessary to strip the clearcoat (why do they clearcoat chrome anyway?), but was hoping not to have to strip the chrome because i was planning to leave the stays chrome and powdercoat the rest of the frame. why? figured it would look sexy that way and because y'all are such *****es about bianchi hipstas that you made me feel somewhat strange about the perfectly good bike i paid less than $400 for