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| Allan |
 May 8 2007, 08:21 PM
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Teenerless Weenie  Group: Members Posts: 8,373 Joined: 5-July 04 From: Western Mesopotamia Member No.: 2,304 Region Association: Southern California  |
Thinking about having the trim chromed.
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| bondo |
May 8 2007, 09:06 PM
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Practicing my perpendicular parking Group: Members Posts: 4,277 Joined: 19-April 03 From: Los Osos, CA Member No.: 587 Region Association: Central California |
The best finish I have seen for aluminum is a polish and clear powder coat. Any anodizing will be less than mega-shiny. Chrome would be a bad idea on aluminum so thin, as the chrome will be less flexible and probably prone to cracking.
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Headrage Chroming Sail Panel Trim? May 8 2007, 08:21 PM
Aaron Cox hard part is getting it dead nutz straight.....
c... May 8 2007, 08:36 PM Headrage I was just thinking it might be easy to just have ... May 8 2007, 08:38 PM Pat Garvey Why not just have it polished & re-anodized?
P... May 8 2007, 08:39 PM Headrage What about a process called brite-dip anodizing?
... May 8 2007, 09:14 PM McMark
I disagree. I know that anodizing reduces shiny... May 8 2007, 09:15 PM
bondo
I disagree. I know that anodizing reduces shin... May 8 2007, 09:36 PM andys There's a small shop in SoCal that does chrome... May 8 2007, 10:13 PM Mikey914 Bright dip or hard coat anodizing is not cheap, bu... May 8 2007, 10:52 PM PRS914-6 It's not too hard to straighten. I have sold ... May 8 2007, 11:07 PM boxstr The new pieces cost @ $150 per side and the ... May 8 2007, 11:11 PM burton73 Allan,
Al Read does all that work, my center caps... May 12 2007, 06:13 PM JPB Really, for the price, you would be better to get ... May 12 2007, 08:33 PM |
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