chrome dipping factory wheels
Team Owner
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From: small town in S.E Pa. PA
St. Jude Donor '03-'04
Originally Posted by silkllb
I dont have chrome or polished wheels on my 2000 C5,and I would like to know is it okay to have them chrome dipped. Has anyone had this done, if so where.
The idea is you agree to pay upfront for the chrome process and a core deposit on your wheels. They send you a set of wheels that have already been chromed... when you receive the wheels you place yours in the same boxes and return them to the vendor. When they receive your wheels they will determine if they are straight and concentric. At this point they will return the core deposit. West Coast Corvettes, Mid America, Ecklars, all offer this service... with this you have no down time. If you take your wheels to a plater, they will have to be stripped and polished to a mirror finis before plating... so it wont be cheap. I know these vendors offer a three year guarantee... I use them five years ago and my wheels have 60K on them and look as good as the day I bought them
Drifting
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From: St Louis MO
Originally Posted by silkllb
I dont have chrome or polished wheels on my 2000 C5,and I would like to know is it okay to have them chrome dipped. Has anyone had this done, if so where.
Cheers..
Melting Slicks
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From: arlington tx
if that isnt what u want, look on ebay and in the C5 parts section here. alot of times u can get chrome rims outright for alot less than some of the exchange deals and u can sell your stock ones and cut the out of pocket expense even more.
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From: small town in S.E Pa. PA
St. Jude Donor '03-'04
Originally Posted by sebringsilver97coupe
if that isn't what u want, look on Ebay and in the C5 parts section here. alot of times u can get chrome rims outright for alot less than some of the exchange deals and u can sell your stock ones and cut the out of pocket expense even more.
This is a perfect scenario for one of my life lesion's cliché`s
I can not afford to buy anything too cheap.
There is nothing worse than spending 800 dollars on chrome plating and have it start to peel in a year.
Actually there are many things worse than that, but you know what I mean.
