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Title: CHROMING ALLY HELP
Post by: kuwahero on December 14, 2007, 11:29 PM

hey guys

does anyone know where I can get some aluminium araya rims rechromed. my local place will only do steel.

thanks in advance  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: CHROMING ALLY HELP
Post by: MartyC on December 14, 2007, 11:33 PM

I've found it very hard to find somewhere these days due to the H&S issues with the chemicals and the process combined with the finished results which can be patchy.  My local guys won't touch alloy with a barge pole but I do know that Billy Stupple has had some parts done in the past (Hutch Headlock) so maybe you can find somewhere - do let us all know if you do  :daumenhoch:.

Title: Re: CHROMING ALLY HELP
Post by: mark 2 on December 15, 2007, 01:11 AM

Just get them to machine polish them to a mirror finish if they won't chrome them, they'd need to polish them anyway to this finish before they're plated. The place I use charges £30p/h for polishing as an example, that's the dear part of the process.

Title: Re: CHROMING ALLY HELP
Post by: etriedes on December 15, 2007, 04:55 PM

I found a place that does it in the Midlands, but to chrome some pro class rims they quoted me £70 a rim  :idiot2: and couldn't guarentee that the finish would be spot on .. so i opted to have them polished instead and it cost me £30 for both rims .

i have some chrome arayas also, and when there side by side with the polished pro class rims your hard pushed to tell the difference .

Title: Re: CHROMING ALLY HELP
Post by: Time Lord 1 on December 16, 2007, 11:38 PM

i can polish any alloy, i can do rims for £40 a pair posted back to you

heres a page ive done with all my work on so far and the prices

http://www.raleighburner.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php't=12266


heres my set of aeros i polished
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v355/camper007/Picture604.jpg)


and built up -

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v355/camper007/Picture640.jpg)

 :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: CHROMING ALLY HELP
Post by: kuwahero on December 17, 2007, 10:50 AM

time lord - thanks for the offer.

are you able to strip them first.

Title: Re: CHROMING ALLY HELP
Post by: Time Lord 1 on December 17, 2007, 01:20 PM

unfortuantly i cant get out to get any oven pride at the minute but if you have a wilkos near you they will sell it cheap :daumenhoch: then if you want to send me the oven cleaner with the rims id be happy to strip them or you could do it, its up to you.

Title: Re: CHROMING ALLY HELP
Post by: kuwahero on December 17, 2007, 02:14 PM

thought that stuff only worked on anodising. these rims are chromed although they are aluminium

Title: Re: CHROMING ALLY HELP
Post by: Time Lord 1 on December 17, 2007, 10:28 PM

oh, my mistake, i thought they were annodised :uglystupid2: in that case i have no idea on removing chrome