Re: My Christmas present

Posted by Fish'n Jim On 2023/12/28 12:03:32

I usually don't "endorse" product or services. I'm OK relating my experiences.
I'm a bit late looking back at posts.

I had some "pot metal" and steel trim parts to do that I exchanged/replaced with some used I acquired, while I'm working on my other car.
My usual source quit doing pot metal and trim, only does bumpers now. So that's one place, if you need bumpers done. His "competition" quoted me 56 weeks, ie; over a year to get them done. I've never used these guys, but talked to them at the Auto Fair.
I contacted the people I used before, Advanced Plating" and they were about half the wait. www.advancedplating.com
They were a bit high in price in my opinion, wouldn't budge off their estimate, but can do "show chrome" quality and specialty finsihes which is a bit more than my driver needs and they already had my parts, and it costs about $75+ to ship one way which I had to pay if they replated anyway. If I didn't already know their work, I'd not pursued. They did all the Packard chrome quite a few years back and it's looking well in storage. I had them black chrome the divider on the windshield to make it less noticeable. They beat their 22 week estimate by a few weeks, not as much as I first thought.
First, I'd search around the "bays" and such for used or rechromed parts, they might be cheaper than getting yours replated now. Eg:The purchased pot metal set was just under the cost to replate about a wash - no wait. I bought a set of 1" wide spears for around $300 that were perfect. They charged me $741 to do one now. But it's flawless and better than anything that came from the factory. So show chrome is not restoration in my opinion. Another show chrome place advertised on TV, I dealt with was even higher than Advanced.