Can anyone recommend a good gauge restorer in Melbourne, want it done right as a Rally Motometer set ....yep taken a long time to get one....thanks Empi...will hook up....work etc....crap weather blah blah
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this place I have used n it was a great outcome
many from luft have used em too
Ringwood Speedometer Service
693 Whitehorse Rd Mitcham VIC 3132
(03) 9874 2260
give em a crack
cheers h
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Thanks Mr Bungle...will check them out
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2nd that Dave. Not only is he good at his job, but also very helpful.
I'd rather wear a Beetle out by racing it than by polishing it!
On the subject. Where would you get a bezel re chromed decently?
71 notchback,
Past owner of, 70 NB, 73 SB and 72 FB TLE
vlad01 wrote:On the subject.
Where would you get a bezel re chromed decently?
You don't have Your location up....
there is hamilton chrome in Newcastle...
not many chromers around these days...
very expensive exercise too....
LEE
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Thanks for the replies everyone, will probably check out the Ringwood bloke as closer.....can't wait to get my Beeltle out of storage and down to Melbourne🙅
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I live near Kyneton Vic. There is Bendigo electro plating. But I have no idea how good they are?
As for location does it really matter? It would cost like 3 buks to post it where ever it would need to go.
71 notchback,
Past owner of, 70 NB, 73 SB and 72 FB TLE
It does a bit if you need to chase something up, a guy lost my Valve Blaupunkt radio for a year...needed to go down to his workshop and physically find it .....not in business anymore.....and not isolated incident
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Found me self a excellent chrome platter. Bendigo electro patting do an awesome job and the old fashion way, like a 7 or 8? step process.
after they do a multiple step chemical and mechanical cleaning they plate with copper, grind repair and sand it, re-plate with copper, polish it smooth then etch, then nickle plate.
Repeat polish and etch then final chrome. They showed me some of the stuff in the middle of processing and my god the copper plate and nickle are thick.
Like a layer of paint thick 👍 Not too expensive considering the quality. They have been doing it for over 30 years, same people too.
Small stuff like rings, trim, bit on the engine blah blah would be under 100 buks. larger thing like bumpers are expensive. try $400 per large bumper about 300 for smaller ones. But worth it for the good chrome 😵💫
They are going to do my gauge bezel and head like reflectors for now. 3 plate on the bezel (Cu,Ni,Cr) and 2 plate on the reflectors (Cu,Ni) They recon reflectors are a no no for chrome and are nickle only.
71 notchback,
Past owner of, 70 NB, 73 SB and 72 FB TLE
yup ringwood did a good job 4 me at a great price. fixed broken ODO cog on my super ODO
74 SuperBug
other stuff
94 Caravelle
78 Passat
70 Kombi (first car I ever sold in one piece)
74 Golf (which I t-boned into Nun!)
70 Beetle (mustard bugger which I tried to kill)
68 Beetle preceded by a series of 6v crash test vehicles 😬
