i have a few things that i want to get rechromed.... the question is Where? and what kind of price am i loking at.....
there is 2 fog lights, front and rear towell rail bumpers ...... and a coulple of small things
cheers
adz
there ARE two fog lights... Are is plural...
Its Very Expensive.... thats all I can say.
One of the locals has had a few things done in Tamworth in NSW and I know of another who uses a place in Newcastle..
but just think Expensive.... look up the yellow pages under - Electroplating -
Lee
- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---
Hamilton chrome in Newcastle do a good job. I have used them several times and the cost is resonable.
They are a little slow but the quality is good.
Had a quote to do all the chrome on the bus. Headlight rims, VW emblem, door handles X 4, window latches and have dings taken out of headlight rims, $200. Ended up having one tail light trim ring brought back to new - $20. Modern Plating in Melbourne. They do a lot of car stuff. A lot of resto stuff (Classic Car Magazine - have a look at ad) right through to those mega Semi mufflers and exhausts.
Ask around panel shops in sydney or the gong, they would use people all the time...
Its not that expensive...if it is then go somewhere else, I've had a few things done, bumpers, badges, etc and the price has always been reasonable
sorry if my grammar or spellin is wrong, its late, oh and its a forum not an english exam...:thumb
Who do you recomend in the northern rivers (Tweed-Byron-lismore)?
Rob....
Boxer Power
Member of DMLRK.....Die Mittler Lebuns Resto Komeradschaft
68AutoBug wrote:there ARE two fog lights... Are is plural...
Its Very Expensive.... thats all I can say.
One of the locals has had a few things done in Tamworth in NSW and I know of another who uses a place in Newcastle..
but just think Expensive.... look up the yellow pages under - Electroplating -
Lee
Lee, that would be
It's Very Expensive, not
Its Very Expensive.
"It's" is an abbreviation.
hth
Peter Hill
1975 Type 2 Double Cab
modulus.com.auoh and Expensive doesn't need a capital mid sentence...
Robo,
I will bring some info on Friday, the guy i used in Lismore was a little dodgy and Judy had a bad experience there as well...my mate Pete (the guy with the 356) had some stuff done recently somewhere else, he was pretty happy.
He is the bob of byron, fascinating stories, been restoring vw's for over 20 years...had a tour this week
so roughly how much have one of you guys paid to get a set of bumpers done ???
Founding member of the C'town Rat-Pack
A mate had both his bumpers and a pair of driving lights done for $480, somewhere in Melbourne, but don't ask where coz I don't know. 🙂
Kruizin Kol
Volkspower are doing them and yes, about $240 per end.
See:
http://www.aussieveedubbers.com/forum/viewthread.php?tid=6142
hth
Peter Hill
1975 Type 2 Double Cab
modulus.com.auAs 65 Busser said, In Melbourne, Modern Plating, We get all our Lowrider BIke and Car stuff plated there, they are great!
N!
Adam, if you live in Bargo (like my brother does), then Sydney is where you'll have to go. I've always used Blu-Chrome at Bankstown (dunno their details, but they're in the phone book). They've always given me good service, but I've other people knocking them. They do a good job and are reasonably priced, but they can take a while during busy times.
where bouts in bargo... and does he have VW's.... theres a few dubbers here :P
cheers
adz
He's been in Biara St for a few years - no. 14 I think, the one with the huge buggered wooden boat in the driveway. They're in the process of moving to a bigger property in Marshall St. No, he's not a VW man (nobody's perfect). He drives an LTD and a Land Rover Discovery.
small world.... i go past that house every day, ...... and im just a km up the road lol
small world indeed
The cost in chroming (not the paint sniffing type) is in the polishing.
Its bugger all to dip the things it's the preping and polishing at the end that costs the $.
I just had my 4 t-bars and a number plate holder i made chromed and it cost $80.
at $80/hour i'll polish them myself.
