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Stripping chrome from and rechroming a bumper

I am customizing a 1996 Chevrolet pickup and I can't find a custom rear bumper. I have a friend who owns a metal shop that will modify the original Chevy bumper, but I need to know if I have to remove the chrome from the bumper to modify it, and what is the approximate cost of rechroming a bumper. Can you remove the chrome from a bumper and is it necessary?

Thanks,

Reese (this is my legal name)
hobbyist - Jackson, Tennessee, USA
2004

I can't say I am experienced in reforming bumpers, but I don't think it's necessary to strip them first. Replating will definitely be required, and will cost several hundred dollars but I can't say whether its $250 or $750, since that would depend both on the quality of the job and whether the shop is anxious to do the work or is relatively uninterested.

Ted Mooney, P.E.
Striving to live Aloha
finishing.com - Pine Beach, New Jersey
2004

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