Chrome front shocks?
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No idea. Chrome and performance are usually two separate categories.
You might try posting this in off topic rather than tech/performance
You might try posting this in off topic rather than tech/performance
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Melting Slicks
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i have steel chrome 'carrera' shocks, heim ends top/bottom, inverted, on the front my 86...small mod needed to upper mount to use the heim vs oem stud...had a bunch of slightly 'abused' stuff on the shelf,left from circle trick racers, decided to try for giggles, 'turn-in' is so good it's almost shocking (sorry abt pun)...gonna put the matching rears on before spring roll-out (hopeful)...carrera is now owned by qa1 AFAIK
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Melting Slicks
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chrome weighs less than paint...also lightens your wallet faster than paint if that matters...common for race stuff to be just 'california chrome' one dip with no copper/nickel prelim dips as corrosion prevent is not critical, saves weight.
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Melting Slicks
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our racer bumpers/etc were shiny steel that got just a single dip at a local bumper rechrome shop, looks good and 'wears' better than paint...another local plating shop nearby does 'hard chrome' on hydraulic cylinder rods for wear resist, will not even do other plating dip, shines great...'low buck' custom auto chrome wheels rust/peel in short, several plating pros have said those are 'calif chrome'...could 'shiny steel' underwear suffice ?
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http://www.speedwaymotors.com/Carrer...hocks,179.html
mine are p/n 255 3254 IIRC (p/n hides when mounted)
mine are p/n 255 3254 IIRC (p/n hides when mounted)
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Your killin' me! 
You can save the same amount of weight by throwing out the ashtray.
Of course there's the ol' saying, "If it don't go, chrome it".
