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cheapest chroming - kent

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Moose:
Cheapest chroming isn't always the best and you might not be happy with the results  ;)

Frosty:
Depends what your budget stretches too and how nadly pitted the frame is etc.

Here are a couple of shots of my frame before and after the build.

The chromers are Castlefords, a few folk here have used them. Not brilliant but certainly not expensive, I think about £80 for frame and 2 pairs of crank arms.

kdw712:
theres a place in gilingham
kent metal finishers but their websites dead / down

i haven't used them but their site showed promise
doing custom stuff for cars, bikes & scooters

ol-greg:
WHOAA!!!!  nice one frosty!!  thats basically my build you've got there!!!  apart from my frame has a looptail.  same kinda of degradation on the frame too.  not much but a few spots of rust.

thanks for replies guys.  i dont want to cut corners but also cant break the bank.  £80 sheets sounds fine to me.  I saw on vert-ego he did it for £199.  cant really afford that!


nice bear traps btw :)

YGT:
whatever you do , dont use the platers in ashford ....
I did thata few years back and ended up with loads of gold spots everywhere ... not good.

I think the hardest thing with chromers is finding quality first and then good prices second.
Otherwise try asking custom riders .... they offered a service many years ago that was good value and ok chroming

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