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Originally Posted by chromo
Are those bolts a decoration part or real and come out?
Is the plating intact and just need to be striped and replated or is there bare plastic showing in areas.
Depending what these are, and can't tell from the picture, they may need stripped to bare plastic then completely redone. If so for a real chrome plate then they will need coated with SILVA Spray or such to make them electrically conductive and tanked in copper, then nickel, then chromed. Lots of buffing and polishing, and I figure the bolts are decoration parts wich means tight hard areas and corners to work in. Need some finer buffs.
If they are in good shape with no bare plastic, and a real chrome, then they might be able to be stripped of the chrome, polish and re-plate the nickel then re-chrome.
The main thing is if they have a good copper bottom layer or not. or if the nickel is all intacked but needs cleaned up well.
Just curious why you need them by NOV 1? Is this for a car show car or something and a big show coming up some where?
Or just your daily driver and your taking a long trip then?
Anyway with shipping 2 ways and if I needed to order anything (tools or supplies) not on hand to do these I dought I could get them done by then myself.
But if you haven't found some-one to do them yet, then more info like I asked might help people know what they are getting into on these.
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The bolts are just for decoration and dont come out. The pieces will need to be stripped. The chrome is flaking and they are actually cracked in some spots that I will need to fix with plastic weld. I assumed I would sand all the remaining chrome off and make repairs myself. I could sand to whatever grit is necessary. I'm not looking for a museum quality piece, just something decent. Worst case scenario I'll just repair them and spray paint them silver, I'd just prefer them to stay chrome. I need the by Nov 1st for a show. I could have them prepped and shipped by Monday at the latest, maybe late this week. If no one can do it by then I'll just paint them to match my wheels I'm powdercoating as close as possible.