I think that is the same route that I will take too. I would assume that the cost of re-chroming that was mentioned in a prior post was for bumpers in good condition. In my case I have a ding in a bumper and of course rust pits where the bumpers started rusting. So it seems that I would be much further ahead to purchase a set of good quality bumpers rather than re-chrome an "inexpensive" set. take care, Greg
--- On Fri, 2/27/09, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [vintagvw] Triple plate chrome bumper blades (UNCLASSIFIED) To: "Air-Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List" <[email protected]> Date: Friday, February 27, 2009, 10:19 AM The set of bumpers I bought about 5yrs ago from Wolfsberg West for my '65 came wrapped in what looked like velvet ski bags (still have the bags). Will be buying another set from WW in a couple of months for another '65 I am doing. Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: Sharkeys Garage <[email protected]> To: [email protected], 'Air-Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List' <[email protected]> Sent: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 14:55:13 +0000 (UTC) Subject: Re: [vintagvw] Triple plate chrome bumper blades (UNCLASSIFIED) Can't remember, since it's been close to ten years. I do remember having a lot of stuff custom plated while building my car, and a lot of that stuff was expensive and took a long time to complete. I remember the bumpers being somewhat less than I expected, and the turnaround time was only 2-3 days. I'd wager that a single Euro-blade will cost something like $100 to have plated if used, and likely less if brand new (because there would be very little pre-polishing involved). Still expensive, but I've seen complete "German" bumpers with overriders that have been "professionally plated" selling for five times that (CIP once sold a set that even came wrapped in velvet to keep them from getting scratched during shipping, although I don't see them on their site anymore). http://www.cip1.ca/SearchResults.asp?Search=798-053-073 FYI, professional plating is at minimum a three layer electro-plating process (I *hate* it when people refer to it as "dipping" -- this isn't a simple painting process). The cheap stuff is merely chrome over bare metal, but the minimum is a layer of copper, followed by a layer of nickel, and then the chrome. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Greg Sent: February-26-09 6:36 PM To: Air-Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List Subject: Re: [vintagvw] Triple plate chrome bumper blades (UNCLASSIFIED) The bumpers at bfyobsolete is the same price that I payed for mine and it appears they have the same plastic spacer between the over riders and the bumper blade. So....if I may ask, how much to have the bumpers "professionally" done? Greg Sharkeys Garage wrote: > When my old non-German bumpers began to show the first signs of rust, I took > everything to a local chrome plating shop to have it all *professionally* > done. Haven't had a problem since, although rocks canstill chip the surface > sufficiently enough to create a point where rust can start. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Pieretti, Luis A Mr > CIV USA FORSCOM > Sent: February-26-09 1:15 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [vintagvw] Triple plate chrome bumper blades (UNCLASSIFIED) > > Classification: UNCLASSIFIED > Caveats: NONE > > How much difference is between, the subject above, Brazilian and German > made? > > Luis A Pieretti > > > Classification: UNCLASSIFIED > Caveats: NONE > > > _______________________________________________ > vintagvw site list > [email protected] > http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw > > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature > database 3893 (20090226) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > > http://www.eset.com > > > > > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature > database 3893 (20090226) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > > http://www.eset.com > > > > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature > database 3893 (20090226) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > > http://www.eset.com > > > _______________________________________________ > vintagvw site list > [email protected] > http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw > > _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list [email protected] http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 3894 (20090227) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 3894 (20090227) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list [email protected] http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list [email protected] http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list [email protected] http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw
