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Geez you guys are tough! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ins/tongue.gif Here is the finished item.

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Geez you guys are tough! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ins/tongue.gif Here is the finished item.

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Ok, Rick, looks great. Now, how about some details - where you had it rechromed, what it cost, who painted it, etc https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/grin.gif

Rainer,
This is probably not the place to post this but to answer your question;
The chrome painting was the first attempt by my painter to try this technique and I was very impressed. It is actually not chrome paint but a series of colors applied as a base that when completed looks like chrome. The results were stunning but because it is VERY labor intensive the cost was equivelent to vacume chroming. However, I don't have the fear of shipping. Below is the finished dash using the painting technique. Total cost (which will get better with experience) was around $750.

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n...n_IMG_1666.jpg

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n...7/IMG_1665.jpg

Here is the dash after complete vacuum chroming and partially painted with lots of masking involved. Once the black paint was applied and tacked over then it could be removed around the thin trim areas using a Q-tip and a light duty solvent. Do not use lacquer thinner. The chroming costs about $600, plus freight, plus labor to paint the black. All said and done just shy of about $1000 plus many sleepless nights while the dash is out of my eye sight. The people that chromed this for me do not do dashes on a regular basis as of right now but has agreed to do a few for me as a test.

When all said and done, there is VERY little difference in appearence of the chrome paint vs the vacuum chrome. The vacuum chromed dash when completed is just a little more expensive but the dash is never really out of my sight or control and that was worth a lot of $$$ to me just knowing where it was and that it was safe. Anyone who has tried to locate one of these dashes can appreciate that.

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n...n_IMG_1670.jpg

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n...n_IMG_1671.jpg