Wednesday, November 16, 2005 - 11:25 am, by: Joshua Rowland(Jnr)
i have a guy in Ballarat who does chroming. he can do plastic, fibreglass and most others things. also they do different colour chrome. red,green,blue,gold and plain chrome.
Wednesday, November 16, 2005 - 06:36 pm, by: Daniel Trivuncevic(Madm0nk)
joshua...what kind of price would i be looking at to get all the woodgrain pieces in my car chromed?..the ones that are on the doors and across the dash.. approx..since he is a 'mate' haha
Daniel Lee TryHard Victoria Soarer GT Limited UZZ31 V8
Wednesday, November 16, 2005 - 07:55 pm, by: Joshua Rowland(Jnr)
he isnt a mate (yet) but im working on it. the more he gets the cheaper it is.
when i get my car goin on the weekend ill take it to him and get some prices for you guys on most of the plastic bits. but if you like to post up the things you want a price on just let me know and when im up there ill ask him. im gettin a lot of things chromed from him.
Thursday, November 17, 2005 - 08:38 pm, by: Mike Triggs(Mikeandimah)
Daniel T, I'd doubt that wood (the trim is real wood) would chrome-plate very well. Quite aside from the waste... Good chroming used to mean: a very smooth polish, copper plating followed by nickel then the chrome. I have seen chrome plated plastic (perhaps the copper & nickel is superfluous) doesn't really work for long. I think the plastic flexes too much and cracks the chrome.
hmmm....ive seen it before..and it looked ok..i might be painting them tomorrow now anyways... ( jus for fun ) interior is gonna go thru a lot of test work haha...
ill find somethign i like sooon !
but i love that shifter!.. who was doing the deal on the shifter agesss ago?
Saturday, November 19, 2005 - 07:04 pm, by: Ollie Ernst(Oli_g)
Can't remember exactly Vinh but from memory there wasn't much change out of $300. The bulk of the cost was in the plastic chroming. There's more work in it than you'd first think because the shifter has to be dismantled plus there has to be some work done to ensure that there's clearance for the overdrive button to still move in and out smoothly once the layer of plastic chroming is applied. Then there's the leather work, and postage each way. Add's up, and I'm sure there's people who reckon it's a waste but given the custom Recaro interior in Denise's car we reckon it was well worth it to add to the look.
Also, when you consider the cost of a Levoc shifter, it's not a bad option and suits the interior of Denise's car better than a Levoc would.
Sunday, November 20, 2005 - 01:44 am, by: Vinh Bui(Hyudsjk)
Wow, that's a pretty hefty price but it sounds like it's worth it. I'll probably contact you for more info or something when I have a spare $300 laying around (which would probably be NEVER! haha)
Daniel Lee TryHard Victoria Soarer GT Limited UZZ31 V8
Monday, March 29, 2010 - 11:02 pm, by: James Buchan(Jrbuch)
Hahaha Thanks Adam Only problem is now, I've got to find a passenger side door handle as mine was broken by a friend today. I'll Need Daryl's help I think after finding a new interior door handle.
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