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Bumpers chrome - Conal - 02-02-2019
Hi All
Have a 1937 Ruby and my bumpers need to be rechromed would anyone know of a good company I can send them too and how much would i expect to pay any help be great
Thanks
Conal
RE: Bumpers chrome - Ruairidh Dunford - 02-02-2019
Conal,
Stuart Joseph may be able to help you, if not I can reccomend Doug Taylor: https://dougtaylor.co.uk/
Each job is individually priced and that figure keeps going up, whoever you use.
RE: Bumpers chrome - Bruce Nicholls - 02-02-2019
A.F.C. Howell, Croft St, Walsall WS2 8JR, Phone 01922 649992
They specialise in classic and vintage cars and have an excellent reputation. I used them for the wheel spinners for my Elan and they did an excellent job. They are often seen as the go to platers on Car SOS on tv.
RE: Bumpers chrome - Nigel Ricardo - 02-02-2019
The ones on my Ruby were in poor condition, I had them shot blasted and powder coated silver (so the back looked right ) and then filled the front to get them smooth, I then had them wrapped in 3M chrome wrap and you wouldn't know the difference (except where I started it in gear and rammed the tool cabinet and it marked it ) total cost £54 for both bumpers.
RE: Bumpers chrome - Stuart Joseph - 02-02-2019
Hi Conal, the cost of replating bumpers is eye watering. I will happily get you a price from my plater but I would check out Willie McKenzie's excellent stainless steel reproductions which are probably cheaper than having yours plated.
Regards from the creative county - Staffordshire
Stuart
RE: Bumpers chrome - Colin Morgan - 02-02-2019
Depending on what you are aiming for, a clean up, rub down, and a couple of coats of silver paint, doesn't look too bad - mine have been like this for 20 years.
Colin
RE: Bumpers chrome - GK5268 - 03-02-2019
If you live anywhere near the sea, don't waste your money on chrome-plating on a ferrous metal, it will start to rust very quickly (days). I know, as I had my Rover P6 re-plated (triple coating) about 3 years ago and within a week of fitting, rust spotting started, I expected this as I was warned a number of years ago when I had re-chrome work on a Rover P4 done and was advised to wipe the chrome regularly with WD40 - there are pits & craters not visible to the naked eye that cannot effectively be polished during the plating process so ends up being vulnerable. After I had my bumper re-plated I found that stainless steel replacements for the Rover were available (from Korea of all places) and wished I had spent the money on this.
On my Ruby I have the stainless steel blades and these are excellent and I have no issues of corrosion with these, but the bumper bolts (were new at the same time) are now showing signs of rusting but these are cheap enough to replace.