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Technical & Reference Section => Tech and Restoration => Topic started by: Tony 1-4 on September 20, 2008, 04:05 PM
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I recently bought a Haro group 1 RS2 but hate the red and black colour. I would like to have it chromed. Does anyone have a rough idea how much it would cost? Thanks.
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Depends on where you go, Doug Taylor in Bristol does a cracking job (see Stidds or Gasheads builds) for around £200 give or take a few quid. There are a couple of places in London but very pricey, one off the Old Kent Road I can't recall the name of and one in Hounslow I can't recall either :-[. There is a thread in the tech stickies that gives a few names of good chromers, but it always helps if the frame was chromed before as the tubes have already been polished. Alternatively you could get SDB to give it a cool colour powdercoat :daumenhoch:.
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As Marty said, about £200 for a decent job. It's the polishing of the frame that takes most of the time and money. As an example my polisher charges £30 per hour and it'd take 4-5 hours to do a f&f properly.
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i've got an RS1,red front,black middle with chrome rear end and it's all chrome under the paint!
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why not just get a custom powder coat job n some del custom decals :4_17_5: n with the change yer can have an evening at the pub and have enough for kebab on way home :2funny: :2funny:
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why not just get a custom powder coat job n some del custom decals :4_17_5: n with the change yer can have an evening at the pub and have enough for kebab on way home :2funny: :2funny:
You should have to pay money for advice like that :4_17_5:
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why not just get a custom powder coat job n some del custom decals :4_17_5: n with the change yer can have an evening at the pub and have enough for kebab on way home :2funny: :2funny:
You should have to pay money for advice like that :4_17_5:
:LolLolLolLol: :LolLolLolLol: well yer got to try :2funny:
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i've got an RS1,red front,black middle with chrome rear end and it's all chrome under the paint!
Ditto! You'll have to chrome the forks though.
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looks like i got a good un then-my forks are already chrome. :)
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86 had chrome forks, 87 had black ones. Don't know why I was thinking of a 87 model this morning ...