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Old 11-06-2007, 09:49 PM
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I need my tail light bezels re-chromed on my 59. The outer lip looks good but the inside under the lens is not that great. Who does a good job on these? How much can I expect to fork over for it?
Old 11-06-2007, 10:39 PM
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Having them re chromed will be costly. If I were you i would just buy some new ones.
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Originally Posted by geo1rem
Having them re chromed will be costly. If I were you i would just buy some new ones.
I don't know about other states but re-chroming in California is so expensive you can usually replace a part for less money.
Old 11-07-2007, 10:30 AM
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As I understand it it takes special equipment to re-chrome the inner section and many re-chrome shops can't do it. I had my outter portion re-chromed and then sanded and painted the inner section with metalic paint. Once the lense is on they look great. But as mentioned by others you are probably better off buyong a new set if you want the inner section re-chromed.
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Originally Posted by geo1rem
Having them re chromed will be costly. If I were you i would just buy some new ones.
That's what I did on my midyear.
Old 11-07-2007, 10:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Kensmith
I don't know about other states but re-chroming in California is so expensive you can usually replace a part for less money.
No kidding. It cost me $1400.00 to get my bumpers rechromed!!!
Old 11-07-2007, 11:16 AM
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Pauls Chroming did mine came out beauitful. Between 500.00 and 600.00 to do them..
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Originally Posted by ADW1965
No kidding. It cost me $1400.00 to get my bumpers rechromed!!!
Cost me 900.00 on the East Coast
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I knew it wasn't going to be cheap. I'm in Alabama and checked on it a few years ago when I restored the car. Nobody around here could do it. Reproductions don't come cheap either. I just thought I would check out everybody else and see what they were doing.
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I assume that's $208 each.

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