Yikes!! Sticker shock

[Don Jordan]

I don't know what I expected - I had the front and rear bumpers re chromed for $300 each. I guess it seemed acceptable.

I went to another place today with the stop light (from the trunk) chrome piece. Just to check about re chroming it. He quoted me $300!!!!

I think I may shop around. I have one I got off the bay and I got another one with mega pits. Three hundred. A little excessive.

[David Maxwell]

that place Don was talking about (Tech... something). Close to $200, but it would be in perfect condition. Even the best chrome shops never get those brake light bezels right. I had five of them rechromed and they messed up every one of them. Finally found a NOS one.

I don't know what I expected - I had the front and rear bumpers re chromed for $300 each. I guess it seemed acceptable.

I went to another place today with the stop light (from the trunk) chrome piece. Just to check about re chroming it. He quoted me $300!!!!

I think I may shop around. I have one I got off the bay and I got another one with mega pits. Three hundred. A little excessive.

[Plymouthy Adams]

chrome is expensive..shops are far and few between..you may say they have you by the short hairs before you even get there...pot metal/cast pieces are always a fit for the things are mostly pitted..most shops do a sand off of pits and lose the shape and detail of the item and most likely in Maxwell's case..the piece is just not quite the same afterwards..in absence of finding a really nice original or NOS, the Technaglia reproduction piece is a very good looking example. Now if you be going total resto for points this is not an option, but for the guy who has a driver and still wants the best he can get..for the money..its a no-brainer...