Spray on Chrome

here's a little update on the parts I had spectra chromed! in my opinion it's ok for interior dash stuff that isn't show quality. It is paint so it blurrs the crisp definition lines somewhat. it is awful when it comes to chroming over letters, so if you need the letters in chrome done like FAN, high,low and others then it's not for you. if yours is like mine(black/grey and a little chrome) then have them NOT spray the black area where the numbers/letters are at. I'm going to have to strip the radio bezel in the heater area and tape off the chrome so I don't ruin it. that was my bad for not thinking of that. heck even I know multiple layers of paint blur lines. I didn't think about the letters so forgot to ask for that area masked. All in All it darned great for a driver and you might get away with it on my style dash (66 dart) that's mostly grey and black anyway on a show car. my ring bezels for the radio,wiper,ignition and lights came out great. yeah there's defects in the chrome from this guy, but it's all in the painted area so all is good to go o my part.

would I do it again YEP sure would. now I would NOT do this on a 65 Plymouth satellite dash bezel but on the darts (ok all early A's that I have seen the dash on) I'd do it in a heartbeat. taking in the fact that I would mask off the letters for the heater BEFORE I get it chromed. that's the only error that I made and will not for the next set.


due to the small size of the end piece it was hard for him to get it correct that's where the top chrome/black line got blurred. otherwise not bad
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the glove box door came out decent, but I did find one largish dirt speck(by elbow in pic) in the bottom area that I am spraying grey/silver , so I'll wetsand that with 3000 to get it smooth. nothing bad in the chrome areas.
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radio bezel came out EXCELLENT except for the letters. thise I'll tape off and strip with oven cleaner so I don't ruin the chrome.
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speedo bezel came out great. and no I didn't wet sand it out as good in the grey areas and you can see the repairs(by ignition switch) in the chrome. But it'll be sprayed grey and will not be seen once I wet sand and prep that area.

I have a little work to do to get them finished out to my liking and I should have done most of this stuff BEFORE(can you say impatient!) I gave it to the spray chrome guy. I learned and made a few mistakes, BUT it's usable and to me worth every penny I paid to get it done since my old ones were trashed cracked and broken.
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now I'm going to go that extra bit to get an A/C radio delete plate made,perfected and chromed, so I can put that one on instead of the A/C with radio in the picture.