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Home (replica) Chrome kits
Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2021 4:48 pm
by Carty
Hi All
I'm approaching the end of my restoration of my '64 4 door. I've been looking for professional re chroming but they all seem to have about a 5 month plus wait. I'm wondering if anyone has used any of the home kits that are available and how they got on. I'm thinking for all the smaller bits, obviously no the bumper blades. Any information greatly received.
Dave
Re: Home (replica) Chrome kits
Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2021 7:14 pm
by Myrtles Man
Is this the sort of thing you're thinking of?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBtdU10PIcE
Re: Home (replica) Chrome kits
Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2021 8:42 pm
by Carty
Hi
I wasn’t thinking of that, more like in the link below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLtrFF-hubs
A bit like breaking bad. It’s just that 5 months without any shiny bits after sooo much effort to sort the rest of the car out seems a bit of a pain. Thinking of the electro plating for the small parts.
Re: Home (replica) Chrome kits
Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2021 11:03 pm
by don58van
Surprisingly good results can be obtained with powder coating.
Don
Re: Home (replica) Chrome kits
Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2021 8:09 pm
by kevin s
You can also get chrome vinyl wrap which works very well.
I used it to go from this
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to this
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still looks the same 4 years later and at around a tenner a lot cheaper than replacing the bonded in screen.
Re: Home (replica) Chrome kits
Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2021 10:25 pm
by pgp001
don58van wrote: ↑Fri Jan 29, 2021 11:03 pm
Surprisingly good results can be obtained with powder coating.
Don
Don
I wonder if the powder technology has moved on since I had some motorcycle rims done years ago.
They looked good for a year or so, but eventually just turned grey, admittedly they have never rusted again but dont look very nice.
Phil