I would like to know if anyone has had their bumpers replated and how was the quality, turn around time, pricing and location, I live in the Reno area of Nevada.

 

shop i use charges 250.00 a set. from what i hear its 1/2 price

 

What shop do you use and how is the quality, my car will be judged.

 

I used a place in El Paso. Lifetime warranty on discoloring or flaking.

I think I paid $700 for front and rear. They filled in some holes on the back bumpers where the original owner had mounted a trailer hitch.

It took them about a month or two to get it done. They do a lot of work - walk-in and mail.

 

I used AC Plating in Bakersfield CA. Cost me $300 for the rears (took 2 weeks). They look great. I believe they have differenct quality levels, so better call and tell them you want NCRS quality.

http://www.acplating.com/index.htm

 

a&r custome chrome plating in bedford park illinois(just south of chicago) 708 728 1005,i had my 1/2 shafts done there and am bringing in my rear bumpers,,rear license plate benzel,,cooling fan,,exhaust tips ,,hood grill,,and rear deck grills this week as there moving in a new shop down the street by thursday,,,same phone #-the 1/2 shafts came out perfect ,,i have seen there bumpers from a 70's cutlass last time i was there,,and i was impressed at there work,,met them at vette fest a few years back,,,his price of 250.00 a set for bumpers was the best price i could find,,,i drop off the shafts at 9 am and he said they would be ready for pick up by 3:30 the same day!!!

 

After you have your rear bumpers re-chrome plated (or the front), hold the bumper up to eye level and horizontal to sunlight. Is the bumper wavy?? I think many(just about all) of the re-chromers hire unskilled minimum wage people to grind and polish the bumpers. If one of these guys thinks there's a little blemish on the original bumper, he'll just make a deep grind to get rid of it. The result is that your bumper is just going to look wavy.

I've been trying to buy rear bumpers on ebay. So far, all the rechromed ones are just terrible, because they've been aggressively ground out of shape. I've since bought some unrestored bumpers and I think they may be ok (although they are in various conditions of corrosion/appearance.)

A few months ago, someone had some NOS C3 rear bumpers for sale on Ebay. A few days before bidding ended they were at $750. Don't know what they finished at.

........bottom line. Used, replated bumpers would be just really fine if the replaters hired some skilled workers. It'd add only a few bucks to the price of the bumper.