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RFQ: Where can I get a set of 20" wheels re-dipped?
Wayne Dameron- Warsaw
January 14, 2023
Ed. note: This RFQ is outdated, but technical replies are welcome, and readers are encouraged to post their own RFQs. But no public commercial suggestions please ( huh? why?).
A. Hi Wayne
Because it is so expensive to do real chrome plating on alloys wheels at low volume, and peeling happens if things aren't perfect, it is hard to be in that business; I suspect there are only a half-dozen shops in the country who do aftermarket plating of alloy wheels, almost surely not more than a dozen. Google will find them with "need chrome plating of alloy wheels". Go to the listed shops (ignore the supposed compilation sites, as they will probably take you more time than they're worth). Such shops also sometimes advertise in Hemmings Motor News.
This is probably a good application for chrome-look paint, sometimes called 'spray chrome', as an alternative to real chrome plating.
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Ted Mooney, P.E. RET
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