cost effective to have bumper chrome plated?

Well Ken, I always use Tri-City Plating in Tennessee, which usually comes to the larger Mopar shows and they do nice work. You can look them up online, and they ship. They also do cores or exchanges and I think they run in the $300-$400 range, depending on the model.

If you are looking for someone more local, check with your local cruise night guys, someone will have had they're bumpers redone around you somewhere and will surely know of a place. Good luck with your search, Geof