has anyone chrome plated beetle rims

i have some rims on my beetle and on the back its a lil deeper offset and just wondering has chrome plated vw rims befor?

yes and they have to be cut apart to get chromed

then re welded back together after

NOT CHEAP

thanks vw 54 do you no how much and have you got any pics?

Way cheaper to just buy new ones already chromed.

yeah i wasnt too sure if you could buy brand new rims the same style
you wouldnt have a link at all ?

vw54 wrote:yes and they have to be cut apart to get chromed

then re welded back together after

NOT CHEAP

Now I remember why Most people don't chrome their rims lol...

but buy new ones....

many places sell them...
see them now & then in VWA magazine

LEE

jamiesc wrote:yeah i wasnt too sure if you could buy brand new rims the same style
you wouldnt have a link at all ?

Mick motors may have some??? near You?

LEE

the chrome quality on new rims isnt very good and will proberly rust within a few days

what wheels do you have ???

You can have them coated in ceramic like the exhausts.Not quite chrome but pretty good.But if you have any pitting from rust you will see this in the finished item as the coating is only 5thou thick and straight over bare metal.But have a look into it might be what your looking for but not cheap.

68AutoBug wrote:

jamiesc wrote:yeah i wasnt too sure if you could buy brand new rims the same style
you wouldnt have a link at all ?

Mick motors may have some??? near You?

LEE

yeah micks motors is about an hour from me but i think i may have work up that way next week and they are 15x7 on the rear and i think 15x6
heres some pics if that would help you vw 54

Ok so they are basicly stock widened wheels

Still have to be cut apart and re welded together

I would estimate at least $300 to $400 each rim

as i said before new ones will proably rust as you take them out of the box

coletrickle wrote:You can have them coated in ceramic like the exhausts.Not quite chrome but pretty good.But if you have any pitting from rust you will see this in the finished item as the coating is only 5thou thick and straight over bare metal.But have a look into it might be what your looking for but not cheap.

The only problem is its not very robust, a friend had his Fuchs done and the tyre fitting goo made it flake off

so around the 1200 mark kewl has anybody got pics at all ?

Steve, Col's here and say's that is just bad coating. Properly done ceramic coating will take a lot more than that, sounds like bad prep. He's done plenty and speaks from experience.

find a good quality chromer before you worry about any thing else then realize that welding them back together starts the rusting process in the flange between center and rim and usually does not get covered properly. For the dough and the hassle if you cant find a good set already chromer be cautios of what you'd $thousand bucks will get you. You can get a set of chromed mags for less

yeah that what i thought also aussie dubbin i also thing of just getting the hubs drilled out and putting some nice rims on

yeah..forget chrome. cost me an arm and a leg through a quality plater in sydney,
wash and wax all the time to try keep them new looking new, 5 years later strips peeling off.
having said that, sent bumpers to a place in melbourne and they are unmarked years later,
good as original, beautiful job.

how much does it usually cost you for your bumpers to be chromed roughly cesiumfrog ?

matberry wrote:Steve, Col's here and say's that is just bad coating. Properly done ceramic coating will take a lot more than that, sounds like bad prep. He's done plenty and speaks from experience.

Hi Matt & Col

He had them done buy one of the top guys in Sydney, that's why his wheels are grey now. He was told by the coater to never rub the finish, he washed the tyre goo off.

Steve

1303Steve wrote:

matberry wrote:Steve, Col's here and say's that is just bad coating. Properly done ceramic coating will take a lot more than that, sounds like bad prep. He's done plenty and speaks from experience.

Hi Matt & Col

He had them done buy one of the top guys in Sydney, that's why his wheels are grey now. He was told by the coater to never rub the finish, he washed the tyre goo off.

Steve

Hi steve not to blow my own horn but I used to work at competition coatings in Qld.I've coated stuff from all over australia and re coated other stuff from other states.If we were doing a re do on someone elses coating i could tell it wasn't done at competition coatings qld,the sandblaster dosent lie, other coaters, some even using the same product, but not doing the same prep proceedure, we found the coating just dosen't key into the base metal as well and can flake off on some areas.I've coated the stuff for triple 8,SBR,Gary Phillips,Bill Barry Cotter etc all champs in their feild and they were all paying customers.And as for rubbing the coating every peice ishand polished as a last step with a non abrasive metal polish (california gold,Mothers). I stand by my first comment, it is all down to prep.

Hi Col

It must work if you get those results, my friend is very disappointed, maybe you can talk to him at the drags. If its as good as your saying then it really is viable alternative to chrome.

I'm not doubting you, the times that I've met you you seem to be a straight up guy.

Steve