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87granny
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G-body parts has them you buy his then send him yours as cores if you pm Phillyturbosix on there i know he had like 2 or 3 sets done just can't remember the companys name i think it's the same one who does them for G-body parts
Dennis Kirban
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kirban 2 cents worth
above advice is good try Gbodyparts.com
What some owners fail to realize is you can;t simply rechrome these wheels...
first more than likely you got to send it out and its a 30lb weight for shipping
Plus the wheels has to be cut apart to be replated....can't chrome it as it is.
Then has to be re-welded...and 99% of the platers will not repaint the black.
Getting paint to sick to chrome is not easy.
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Now if you had 50 wheels to do it would be worth it...but not one wheel.
Being in the parts business we have hundreds of parts chrome plated......and dealing with platers is very difficult, the effort is not in the plating but rather in the prep work (polishing)....as plating only reflects the work that has ben done prior to chrome plating....
kirbanperformance.com
denniskirban@yahoo.com
above advice is good try Gbodyparts.com
What some owners fail to realize is you can;t simply rechrome these wheels...
first more than likely you got to send it out and its a 30lb weight for shipping
Plus the wheels has to be cut apart to be replated....can't chrome it as it is.
Then has to be re-welded...and 99% of the platers will not repaint the black.
Getting paint to sick to chrome is not easy.
'
Now if you had 50 wheels to do it would be worth it...but not one wheel.
Being in the parts business we have hundreds of parts chrome plated......and dealing with platers is very difficult, the effort is not in the plating but rather in the prep work (polishing)....as plating only reflects the work that has ben done prior to chrome plating....
kirbanperformance.com
denniskirban@yahoo.com
TurboJoe3.8
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Try True Design Wheel- they do GN wheel widening and replating
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Gbodyparts or....
True Design Wheel; Buick & Oldsmobile Wheels
Jim Lyon is a cool guy to work with. I'm sending him another 15 or more GN cores soon so he will have plenty on hand to sell. What he does is cuts the outer ring off the rim throws that in the trash. Then he re-chromes the center hub and powder coats the black areas. He then welds a brand new chrome ring on them in whatever size you want. I've had several dozen done by him and all were perfect. Nothing beats a GN with fresh chromed rims on it! There are 3 kinds of chrome. Chrome, Nice Chrome, and Show Chrome. His chrome work is somewhere between the nice chrome and show chrome. Last time around I send Jim about 24 GN rims and he sent me 4 back and it was about 2 weeks turn around time. I was talking to him the other day. He's got plenty of GTA rims and T rims on hand as well.
True Design Wheel; Buick & Oldsmobile Wheels
Jim Lyon is a cool guy to work with. I'm sending him another 15 or more GN cores soon so he will have plenty on hand to sell. What he does is cuts the outer ring off the rim throws that in the trash. Then he re-chromes the center hub and powder coats the black areas. He then welds a brand new chrome ring on them in whatever size you want. I've had several dozen done by him and all were perfect. Nothing beats a GN with fresh chromed rims on it! There are 3 kinds of chrome. Chrome, Nice Chrome, and Show Chrome. His chrome work is somewhere between the nice chrome and show chrome. Last time around I send Jim about 24 GN rims and he sent me 4 back and it was about 2 weeks turn around time. I was talking to him the other day. He's got plenty of GTA rims and T rims on hand as well.
