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| earossi |
 May 7 2015, 07:42 PM
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QUOTE(McMark @ Feb 23 2015, 09:50 PM)  A stock bumper is cheaper to chrome because they don't have to 'work' the part as much. Good chrome shops will address the steel condition first, then 'copper strike' it a few times much like body filler before paint. Then the part is nickel plated, and finally chrome. The part is sanded and fully polished in between each step/coating. Because of the welding involved in making this custom bumper, the steel needs a fair amount of attention before the 'chroming' process even starts. So this guy was about $1k to chrome. I know about half of you just fell over. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/yikes.gif) For comparison sake, I had a "stock" steel bumper prepped and then triple plated using copper, nickel and chrome. The cost to chrome it was $750 in Salt Lake City. But, there is nothing like the bling of a nicely chromed bumper. |
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