Crazy Jay
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| posted on 1/5/06 at 06:16 PM |
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Chroming
Hello all,
wondering if anyone knows a good place to get my rollbar chromed?
Unfortunately the only place i know off in N Ireland wont do it as "its too big" 
So i'd be looking for a place i can post it to.
Cheers
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diyer
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| posted on 1/5/06 at 06:52 PM |
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Custom Chrome in Nuneaton
Hug a Hoodie!
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Crazy Jay
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| posted on 1/5/06 at 07:08 PM |
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Nice one, i'll give them a call. How much would it cost approx.? Cheers 
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Crazy Jay
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| posted on 2/5/06 at 10:41 AM |
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Called custom chrome and the guy couldnt be more helpful 
And its only £110 and thats being polished aswell, in nichrome they charged me £100 for my wishbones and i had to prep them myself 
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MikeR
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| posted on 5/5/06 at 11:23 AM |
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i'll second custom chrome - nice people.
Just be careful if you walk in and are in a rush, they love cars and will talk to you.
(As about the V8 MG - its stunning and i think someone should produce it in real life - it was on the stand at stoneleigh)
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 5/5/06 at 11:46 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by MikeR
(As about the V8 MG - its stunning and i think someone should produce it in real life - it was on the stand at stoneleigh)
Spent a long time talking to the owner, he'd made a superb job (although he did say that the interior wasn't finished). Could hardly drag
my dad away from it
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MikeR
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| posted on 5/5/06 at 04:54 PM |
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Met him in Custom Chrome. They seem almost as proud of the car as him. It is wonderful and it doesn't look out of place on the road with modern
cars. Not totally convinced about the rear spoiler but thats it.
aaaahhhhhhh ...........
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James
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| posted on 11/5/06 at 01:32 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Crazy Jay
And its only £110 and thats being polished aswell, in nichrome they charged me £100 for my wishbones and i had to prep them myself
I've been told to be careful with chroming things like wishbones... the chrome can stay intact and hide a cracked wishbone/weld beneath.
Sorry to possibly be a downer.
Cheers,
James
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"The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses, behind the lines, in the gym and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights."
- Muhammad Ali
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britishtrident
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| posted on 11/5/06 at 03:21 PM |
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In addition to James comments chrome can cause embrittlement, if you must plate suspension parts nickle is the preffered option.
You can nickle plate DIY
Also heard a lot of small chrome platers are giving up because of european legislation.
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 11/5/06 at 03:27 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by James
I've been told to be careful with chroming things like wishbones... the chrome can stay intact and hide a cracked wishbone/weld beneath.
The problem is a bit nastier than that - chromium is a very brittle metal. As the base metal (steel tube) flexes slightly the chromium develops
cracks, which then propogate down into the base metal (that wouldn't have cracked otherwise).
This is explained far better in one of Carroll Smith's books! The one saving grace is that we probably don't make our 'bones flex as
much as one of his racing cars would do.
As stated earlier, nickel is a safer plating, or cadmium (which can be done in a gold or silver colour). Neither are as bright or corrosion-resistant
as chrome unfortunately.
David
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40inches
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| posted on 12/5/06 at 07:47 AM |
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Another problem with chrome is that it suffers from shading i.e it does not penetrate into corners, in the V behind the top adjuster on the top
wishbone for instance, and will rust I wouldn't chrome my wishbones because of the embrittlement issue, instead I would have them Chrome
powder coated, have a look here http://www.aerocoat.net/chromaxtestresults.htm
don't know about price though!
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Gav
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| posted on 12/5/06 at 08:33 AM |
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http://www.aerocoat.net/EnterTitlePricelsit.htm
Seems resonable to me
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caber
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| posted on 13/5/06 at 04:27 AM |
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British Trident
OK how do you DIY Nickle Plate?
Caber
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Peteff
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| posted on 13/5/06 at 08:29 AM |
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NICKEL plating kits
are available from Frost .You could buy
the ingredients seperately and try making a DIY system.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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dnmalc
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| posted on 13/5/06 at 02:54 PM |
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Cadmium plating produces such toxic residues that it is virually extinct in this country. As I understand it current legislation means that it is
limited to military applications. The alternaive that was suggested to minimise the potential difference with steel causing galvanic corossion was
nikle zinc plating but I have yet to find anyne who does this.
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