de-chroming rims
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de-chroming rims
i purchased those 10- spoke ss rims from the board that needed to be refinished and was thinking of polishing them. what is the best way to get the chrome off of these rims? they are already pealing all over. just want to see if there is an option other than sanding them down?
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yeah same here im gettin now where, only thing i got from the powdercoating place is that they can sand blast them or something and then prep the podwercoat for 90-150 each wheel. i wanna do they prep work myself any ideas on how to get it all off?
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I spoke to the guy in the bodyshop at my job. He told me i could sandblast them or sand them down by hand to remove the chrome. I have decided that I am going to paint these rims the only place i found that will do the chrome wants $399 a rim plus shipping back and forth. I think the total came to $450 a rim.
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Originally posted by enzo1267
I spoke to the guy in the bodyshop at my job. He told me i could sandblast them or sand them down by hand to remove the chrome. I have decided that I am going to paint these rims the only place i found that will do the chrome wants $399 a rim plus shipping back and forth. I think the total came to $450 a rim.
I spoke to the guy in the bodyshop at my job. He told me i could sandblast them or sand them down by hand to remove the chrome. I have decided that I am going to paint these rims the only place i found that will do the chrome wants $399 a rim plus shipping back and forth. I think the total came to $450 a rim.
Send them to http://www.santaanaplating.com/. They chromed my ZR1 rims and did a full-barrel polish at the same time... looks mass tight.
Stripping paint was included in the ~$90/wheel charge, barrel polish was an extra $25/wheel, and I belive they will strip chrome off the rim for a small fee.
You could easily have the set re-chromed for WAY less than what they quoted you.
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LMDAO... here's your fricking $450/wheel:
http://www.santaanaplating.com/price_list.htm#auto
If they can strip and chrome a wheel for $110, I imagine they'd be willing to charge "a bit" less for just the striping. Note that Santa Ana also does other coatings besides chrome... copper or brass in kind of interesting... although they may even do paintjobs as well, I havn't checked.
STRIPPING CHARGES
CHROME STRIPPING PER WHEEL (If Wheel Is Currently Chrome) $10.00
PAINT STRIPPING PER WHEEL no charge with order
CHROME STRIPPING PER WHEEL (If Wheel Is Currently Chrome) $10.00
PAINT STRIPPING PER WHEEL no charge with order
If they can strip and chrome a wheel for $110, I imagine they'd be willing to charge "a bit" less for just the striping.
Note that Santa Ana also does other coatings besides chrome... copper or brass in kind of interesting... although they may even do paintjobs as well, I havn't checked.
Last edited by Steve in Seattle; Jun 16, 2004 at 05:58 PM.
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wish i whould have known about 3 hours ago ....i gave my wheels to my friend to sandblast them. but thanks steve i still might use them to chrome some underhood items. i dont understand why chrome plating bussinesses (i called 43 places in the northeast) dont do auto parts but do bike parts?
Steve in Seattle.....YOU are the man!
thanks again.
ps has anyone here used the alsa corp chrome paint yet?
if not I think i will be the first to do so this summer
Steve in Seattle.....YOU are the man!
thanks again.
ps has anyone here used the alsa corp chrome paint yet?
if not I think i will be the first to do so this summer
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