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| bbrock |
 Dec 19 2018, 02:55 PM
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914 Guru  Group: Members Posts: 5,269 Joined: 17-February 17 From: Montana Member No.: 20,845 Region Association: Rocky Mountains 
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Mine are rust and green paint. The tech who did the hub centric recall apparently got carried away and blobbed every frickin' bolt with paint. Any trace of original plating is now gone and I'm trying to remember how they were finished so I can have them replated. Chrome? Nickel? Other? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) I seem to recall they weren't too shiny but that may be because they were already tarnished when I got the car, or just bad memory.
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| davep |
Dec 19 2018, 09:46 PM
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914 Historian Group: Benefactors Posts: 5,143 Joined: 13-October 03 From: Burford, ON, N0E 1A0 Member No.: 1,244 Region Association: Canada  |
That looks exactly like the corroded copper layer. The finished cad look should be a dull silver finish. I have about 3 sets that I want to have refinished. Cad plating is getting difficult to find.
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| bbrock |
Dec 20 2018, 10:08 AM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,269 Joined: 17-February 17 From: Montana Member No.: 20,845 Region Association: Rocky Mountains
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QUOTE(davep @ Dec 19 2018, 08:46 PM)  That looks exactly like the corroded copper layer. The finished cad look should be a dull silver finish. I have about 3 sets that I want to have refinished. Cad plating is getting difficult to find. Your right, it does look like copper oxidation in that pic, but if you have them in hand, you can see that the dark green stuff is definitely paint from when they dobbed on for the recall. There are even brush marks in the one on the left. When I first got the car 35 years ago, it was more obvious as the bolts still had their finish and the blobs of green paint on the centers. I think the lighter colored green in these pics may be oxidized copper though. It isn't paint anyway and does look like green copper. I'm sending all my stuff to Quality Plating in Salt Lake City. Eric Shea recommended them to me. They still offer cadmium plating. If that is too expensive, I'll probably go the bright zinc route like @Cal showed. Those look nice without too much bling. BTW, great wheel in general Cal. I see a lot of these with the petals and rims over polished for my taste. Yours look perfect. What's your secret? |
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Posts in this topic
bbrock Correct lug bolt finish? Dec 19 2018, 02:55 PM
davep My belief is that the steel bolts were first coppe... Dec 19 2018, 03:21 PM
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My belief is that the steel bolts were first copp... Dec 19 2018, 04:09 PM bbrock Thanks guys, this is very helpful! :beer2: I a... Dec 19 2018, 05:01 PM Cal
[quote name='davep' post='2675189' date='Dec 19 2... Dec 20 2018, 12:04 PM Cal These are bright silver zinc plated on my 2.0L Fuc... Dec 19 2018, 10:05 PM rgolia Any recommendations on where to send bolts for ref... Dec 20 2018, 07:23 AM rhodyguy Any idea how much Quality Plating gets for doing a... Dec 23 2018, 09:07 AM bbrock
Any idea how much Quality Plating gets for doing ... Dec 23 2018, 11:03 AM turk22 Cal,
will the simichrome remove the anodizing on... Dec 23 2018, 10:33 AM Cal
Cal,
will the simichrome remove the anodizing o... Dec 23 2018, 03:13 PM rhodyguy I think I have 3 sets to be done. 2 for sure. I wo... Dec 23 2018, 11:14 AM |
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