any places in canada that can chrome plate parts well???

 

we don't chrome parts in canada

we put the parts on the end of a stick and go ice-fishing in our igloos! give everything that icey effect!

 

LMAO!!!!!!!!!

 

thanks.........i appreciate the helpful suggestion.

 

yup lots

Daz

 

hahahaha

we have lots of whale blubber!

:rockon:

 

There is a place in the GTA that was featured on an eps of Dream Car Garage. If they use this place it must be good. Anyhow you can contact the people at Dreamcar Garage and ask them who they might reccomend in the GTA or elsewhere in Canada. Their E mail address is website@dreamcargarage.com

 

Cambridge custom chrome. in Cambridge Ontario has one of the best reps around 519 658 6681

 

I saw that episode on Dream Car Garage as well...those guys seemed to know their stuff. Hopefully you can find out the name of the shop. I think they were in Oakville?!? Not 100% sure though.

 

Do they do black chrome?

 

black chrome isn't chrome........it's a whole seperate coating much like zinc, copper, etc.

thanks to those who gave me suggestions, i've been in contact with the shop that was featured on that show. unfortuneately they ask absorbent rates just because of the coverage? so i'm looking for other ideas rather then having to send parts to california.

 

You learn something new everyday Is it expensive?

 

There is a place here in London. I'm going to look into it.

 

hey Kandied, hows life and cruisin in Detroit. I came down a couple of times to hang with you guys. Hows Mike with the blue iroc that was painted not too long ago. I haven't been on Camaroz28.com in a long time. better get on and see whats goin on. Ill be lookin for some parts very soon, cause the white shiat is comin soooon. later.

 

black chrome can be just as expensive depending on where you go.......what i've found works best for people looking into that sort of thing is to highly polish all parts yourself to get as close to chrome as possible and then find a good powdercoat shop that can do translucent colors. high polished with a fine black clear coat looks sweet and is fairly inexpensive.

when it comes to rims i know that about 75 a rim minus all the elbow work for polishing will get you some "black chrome" wheels that look sharp!

yeah ROCHEAD, i remember.......how's it going; i really appreciate you taking the time to head out there that day. mikes car has been in storage for quite a while after a number of problems......

what type of parts are you looking for?

 

im thinkin Big Mouth tpi intake and runners, ive got a cam change in mind for the spring, i need more air. Probably headers as well, but well see how busy i get for work. What kind of problems did mike trun into. Did he go out do someth8n radical with it. I now he was talkin about some shop, buildin some combos and using Mikes car for the advertisement. heheheh

 

If there is a place in the GTA, it would be good to know. There is not a single paint anywhere that will come close to chrome.

Here's a question for us all.. if the paint comes out silver, then why the hell do the caps look like they were dipped in chrome?

Sell us whatever you painted the cap in!
Fredel

 

what are you talking about? who painted what cap???

 

Heh Heh, sorry about Kandied91z, I kinda rush that last post...
I mean when you go to buy a can of spray paint and the colour on the cap looks and shines like chrome, yet when you spray it comes out silver!

BTW Kandied91z, didn't you have roh snypers on your car at one time? either way that's one beautiful car... especially with those roh's..

 

i do have a pic with them on the car, borrowed them for a show; didn't like them enough to pay the amount though since i already had the chrome 91's.


thanks for the compliments though it's greatly appreciated!!!!

 

Any info yet on the shop in London?

 

Kandied, would "chrome smoke" give me the effect of black chrome if applied over a polished finish? It's the only translucent black I can find.

http://www.eastwoodcompany.com/aspfi...&Dep_Key1=pwct

 

i'm sure that's essentially the idea. wether or not it will look the way you want is hard to say. you might try to find a picture of a piece already done that looks similar to what you want and get in contact with that company. translucents are tricky to look good.

jeff

 

two places in london right around the corner from each other:

platingmaster - they do a lot of bike/show plating and polishing 519.433.3423

precision plating says in the y/p that they do all kinds of plating from gold to olive drab. 519.645.2799

the only experience i have with either of these places is seeing some pretty shiny bikes outside of platingmaster, but johnnyiroc seems to have forgotten about this post so i thought i'd chip in...

 

how far would that be from detroit? i'd like to go to the shop in person!

thanks for the info.

 

a couple hours... cross the bridge, get on the 401 to exit 186 (i think) wellington rd north. take wellington to horton st, turn right, about three blocks on your left.

 

Thanx for the info. I've been meaning to call Plating Masters for some pricing. I wonder if they will do wheels?

 

great guys, really appreciate all the info!



has anyone here actually had work done though??

4-5 hours is a bit much just to check a shop out.

maybe i could get them to do a small piece for a sample....