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Technical & Reference Section => Tech and Restoration => Topic started by: Rabdul06 on April 03, 2008, 10:55 PM

Title: polish or Chrome..?
Post by: Rabdul06 on April 03, 2008, 10:55 PM

Hmmm - Pro Class rims 20+ years old etc, few scrapes and grazes, been about a bit..... What would give the best finish?
Chrome them or polish the beejeezus out of them? Or even leave them as they are?
your ideas please....

Title: Re: polish or Chrome..?
Post by: oberonspacefruit on April 03, 2008, 10:57 PM

if you polish them, it will be cheaper to chome them.

most of the cost is in the polishing.

Title: Re: polish or Chrome..?
Post by: Rabdul06 on April 03, 2008, 11:06 PM

OK but will chroming cover up the scratches and dings or will they have to be polished out? They arent too bad but I have some NOS chrome suzue hubs on their way and wanted the whole thing to look good.
Surely (no 'dont call me shirly' jokes here please  ;D) chroming them will 'fill in' any scratches but polishing them will remove the metal which aint good....

Title: Re: polish or Chrome..?
Post by: oberonspacefruit on April 03, 2008, 11:13 PM

you have to polishit so it "looks" like it would do when it is chromed. what you see is what you get.