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Old 08-25-2025, 01:00 PM
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Wouldn't surprise me if it would cost more to rechrome an original pair these days.
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Old 08-25-2025, 02:03 PM
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Good point and you still have the pitted issue. Darn hard to find OE quality ones with no pits.

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Old 08-25-2025, 04:09 PM
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a good chrome plater will make them look like new, probably better than new. Chrome is stripped, pits are filled, triple chrome process. Expensive yes, but at least they are not '59 Cadillac (Caddy, ha,ha) bumpers.
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Old 08-25-2025, 08:37 PM
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a good chrome plater will make them look like new, probably better than new.
Exactly the point.
We know exactly what this means and do not want "better than new".

These are production line common cars.
Not works of art.

Really comes down to what you want.

We want them as close as possible to how they were when picked up by the original buyer new.
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Old 08-25-2025, 09:38 PM
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Cleaned the chrome a bit.
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Old 08-25-2025, 10:07 PM
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Those are super nice, Charley.
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Cleaned the chrome a bit.
They are very nice survivors and better than most, especially, in the salt states.
Value really depends on if they are originally from a Malibu or an SS. Nearly every part I see for sale from the 60's-early 70's seems to have come from an SS and commands staggering amounts of funds.
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Old 08-26-2025, 07:34 PM
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Not different on 69 Malibu or SS taillight bezel
Same part.

You may be thinking of the front turn signal lenses as they are different.

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They are very nice survivors and better than most, especially, in the salt states.
Value really depends on if they are originally from a Malibu or an SS. Nearly every part I see for sale from the 60's-early 70's seems to have come from an SS and commands staggering amounts of funds.
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