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I'm interested to know what company will chrome the wheels without cutting them apart and the cost.
I recently sent some Keystone wheels to be cut up, had the offset changed, rechromes and put back together. Will post up pics and total cost when I have them back. |
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Back in the 80's the blue or brown tint chrome was a sign of quality "show chrome".
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I personally think the wheels turned out very nice and would be happy with this level of restoration. http://www.atlaschrome.com/ You will have to call for pricing 15 X 4 with out pits and no cap $325 US each "NO Guarantee"
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69 442 post bench 3 pedal Last edited by Bernhard; 05-19-2018 at 04:42 PM. |
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I used Atlas in Houston TX. Three years ago the price was 250.00each. They did a good job and the turn around was a reasonable time. There’s no guarantee and one of them had a small flake up area where the spoke met the rim start about a year later. They replated that wheel at a reduced price of 150.00.
Like I said earlier it’s not cheap if you want a set of old school Cragars. Richard
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Richard 1967 Camaro SS 396/375 4K 2002 Camaro 35 Anniversay Z4C-WU8 |
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Cragar stuff
Bernhard what kind of “stuff” do you plan on putting in the gap between the spoke and rim. I haven’t done that yet and was thinking clear Lacquer. What you think?
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Richard 1967 Camaro SS 396/375 4K 2002 Camaro 35 Anniversay Z4C-WU8 |
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Hi Richard
The price has gone up since you had your rims re-chromed. I was going to look into a clear sealer that they use on gas fittings in labs. I also thought about using a clear coat that is water resistant. I don't know how water resistant clear lacquer is, when I was in trade school I was told that lacqure absorbed water.
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Non R caps
Good non R caps are getting hard to come by also. I got a set of four NOS non R’s from a local guy recently.
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Richard 1967 Camaro SS 396/375 4K 2002 Camaro 35 Anniversay Z4C-WU8 |
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I picked up some very nice originals off of ebay.
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The product I was thinking about using is similar to this sealer.
http://www.sashco.com/products/lexel/ http://multimedia.3m.com/mws/media/6...ealant-230.pdf https://conspecmaterials.com/shop/se...clear-sealant/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yCVpNT2eMI I would test any product before using it to seal my rims.
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69 442 post bench 3 pedal Last edited by Bernhard; 05-20-2018 at 07:06 PM. |
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For your viewing pleasure. I separated this set in preparation for re-chroming. It looked as if they were re-chromed in one piece at one time with bad results.
Last edited by Starship; 05-27-2018 at 04:12 PM. |
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