VALCUDA
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Can anyone in the Southern California (LA AREA) recommend any reasonably priced plating shops that do bumpers?
CHROME PLATING
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abodyjoe
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tri city in tenn is damn good. you would have the ship them or catch them at a show though.
Cuda Al
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No. One rusted within a few years on a garaged car, another the chrome started flaking within a year on a car that hadn't even hit the road.
California is probably limited on what they can use.
Alan
California is probably limited on what they can use.
Alan
HemiSSDart
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I use Advanced Plating in Portland, TN. There are no good platers left in California...
Sherms in Sacramento is good but no longer does bumpers.
abodyjoe
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its not but i don't know any on ca. figured id give him an option.
Mopar Momzee
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When did they stop had some bumpers done few years back.( edit ) just Called them , they dont have the man power to do them and what they do have there a year out. Well god damn . Glad they did mine when they did.
I'm picking up 2 67 Dart rear bumpers tomorrow at Tri State Swap in Denver. I had them repaired and re-chromed (both companies were at Good Guys in Loveland CO last September, they both provide the service of dropping off at one show and picking up at the other
D&R Chrome in Huntington park https://www.dandrchrome.com/
JV Polish and Metal in Lynnwood J.V.Polish Metal | Lynwood CA
Both were in the 600 range with my cores.
I'll report back tomorrow on the quality. only time will tell on the longevity
D&R Chrome in Huntington park https://www.dandrchrome.com/
JV Polish and Metal in Lynnwood J.V.Polish Metal | Lynwood CA
Both were in the 600 range with my cores.
I'll report back tomorrow on the quality. only time will tell on the longevity
mopowers
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The only chrome plating you'll find in CA these days it trivalent, which has a different look. Hexavalent chrome plating was banned a few years ago in the state. I'd venture a guess that some CA plating business (especially in So Cal) most likely get their plating done across the border.
remytherat
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I have heard there are several good places in Tijuana that do Chrome VI plating. A quick yelp search could point you in the right direction
ESP47
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California saving the world again. Just imagine how bad climate change would be if this state continued to rechrome Mopar bumpers? We'd probably all be dead. Thanks California.
Sherms stopped about three years ago. I remember because I got mine done as the last ones. California is systematically eliminating all chrome plating. Other plating processes may survive. Sorry.
Saving themselves from themselves!
Pretty nasty chemicals you eventually have to dispose of.
mopowers
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It's not a ghg issue. It's a near source toxicity issue. Hex chrome is some pretty nasty ****.
I just checked with J & V polishing and the are still using the hex process. Grandfathered in for now.
D&R said they are still using the formula he's dad has been using for decades. But he did not know what the formula is.
There was another company at the swap meet today. Bumper Boyz. They were pricer and I have not used them. But they are out of LA somewhere
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So here is the outcome...
I did not pay for "Show Quality" which would have been 2-3X more
D&R seems to be the better of the two.
BUT I don't know if both bumpers were truly in equivalent condition to start.
I was kind of expecting the bumpers to be paintless dent straight under a zebra light, which neither are. I don't suspect the OEM pieces were either. I would like to know how the Repo bumper are if anyone has one loose and can get equivalent photos.
On a FUBAR side note. I did not realize that BOTH bumpers had the bumper guard holes and only asked D&R to fill them. So now I have a bumper that I'll either have to have repaired and rechromed or sell
Luckily I have 3 more 67 cores in my hoard.
D&R Chrome
The backside of the D&R chrome looked like industrial chrome. The owner said to paint the back to reduce the chance of it rusting.
The center is where they welded up the bumper guard holes. on the front side I can not tell any work was done! Note the mounting bolt holes have an odd buildup on both side, all the holes are the same way.
JV Polishing
The backside of the JV Polishing had places where the chrome was peeling
Hard to see but there is a dent in the peak of the bumper that was not removed
There was a blemish in the chrome
I did not pay for "Show Quality" which would have been 2-3X more
D&R seems to be the better of the two.
BUT I don't know if both bumpers were truly in equivalent condition to start.
I was kind of expecting the bumpers to be paintless dent straight under a zebra light, which neither are. I don't suspect the OEM pieces were either. I would like to know how the Repo bumper are if anyone has one loose and can get equivalent photos.
On a FUBAR side note. I did not realize that BOTH bumpers had the bumper guard holes and only asked D&R to fill them. So now I have a bumper that I'll either have to have repaired and rechromed or sell
Luckily I have 3 more 67 cores in my hoard.
D&R Chrome
The backside of the D&R chrome looked like industrial chrome. The owner said to paint the back to reduce the chance of it rusting.
The center is where they welded up the bumper guard holes. on the front side I can not tell any work was done! Note the mounting bolt holes have an odd buildup on both side, all the holes are the same way.
JV Polishing
The backside of the JV Polishing had places where the chrome was peeling
Hard to see but there is a dent in the peak of the bumper that was not removed
There was a blemish in the chrome
Bumper Boyz used to be good 2-3 decades ago, but I've heard horror stories about their more recent product. Including chrome peeling off in less than a year, poor coverage, etc.
Tri-City plating in Tennessee is very good, but I think S&H plating just outside of Nashville is a little better.
harrisonm
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Nowadays, the words reasonably priced and chrome plating do not belong in the same sentence. There used to be a place in Kansas City about 20 years ago that did excellent work and was reasonably priced, but they closed several years ago. To a great extent, you get what you pay for. Some of the bigger names like Tri City plating are very good, but not cheap. I paid quite a bit to have my bumpers plated about 25 years ago, and they still look great. It would be a shame to spend a lot of time and money fixing up your car and then cutting corners on something as 'in your face' as the bumpers. You could also go to some big car shows or swap meets. There are frequently some platers there, and you can see their work.
For my latest Dart (1970 done 3 years ago) I bought AMD bumpers and I really believe that they are the best 70 Dart bumpers that I have had on a car in the 50 years I've been fooling with them and they cost less than getting an old one rechromed.
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They are in Sacramento and do a good job.
They are in Sacramento and do a good job.
Do you think that is somehow related to PG & E and the whole Erin Brockovich story in Hinkley, CA ?
I bought AMD bumpers for my 67 Barracuda. I agree. Excellent chrome, and the bumpers are new and perfectly straight.
A body bumpers of the sixties are pretty weak. I have a bunch of used 67-69 Barracuda bumpers. Some are worse than others, but none of them are perfectly straight. And if they aren't, even a good chrome shop won't necessarily get them so.
mopowers
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Good question. I think the regulation itself is meant to control hex chrome from a toxic air contaminant perspective than from a groundwater perspective. A lot of toxic air contaminants have at least some level of safe exposure. I believe hex chrome is one that doesn't have any known safe level of exposure.
I'm unfamiliar with the rule so I had to look it up. There's actually a phase out that includes a period in which facilities have to utilize certain controls and best management practices, but apparently decorative hex chrome processes must eventually transition to 'safer' alternatives, such as tri chrome by 2027.
Dang! Since you've already looked this up, do you know if this is/was a California-only thing, or nationwide?
I have a couple of jukeboxes I'm planning on restoring (my last two), but I wasn't going to get to them for a few years yet. If this restriction is going into effect nationwide, I'll need to get the chroming down now/soon.
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