Subject: RE: To Chrome or not to chrome
Author: Tom Bowes
Date: Jul 14, 2001, 6:57 PM
Post ID: 1707496515
Tim,
Overall the cost will be a bit higher to rechrome, provided you find a
chrome shop that will charge you a realistic price to do the job. The
big difference will be that the rechromed stuff from a reputable shop
will be "show quality", while the repro stuff will be "production
quality". There IS a difference. I have both kinds of parts on my bike
and although most folks don't notice, if you were to ask them to
identify the higher quality chrome plating the replated stuff would win
every time. Ultimately you have to make the decision to stick with good
or go with great.
Tom
'70 (July '69) Ambassador
96% Complete, 27% Left To Go
'82 V50-III
Shelby Township, Michigan
Tim wrote:
| Never had any experience with this, so before I haul a bunch of stuff to my local plating shop, can someone with experience tell me what if anything I should be cautious of when dealing with plating shops. I assume there can be varied qualities/processes. Also, has anyone found that it is better to just buy new, crash bars, grab bars, etc rather than re-chrome? Thanks, Tim 73 Eldo projecto |