My neighbor just opened a body shop. He said he bought a chroming machine and he has to send his son to Ohio or something to learn how to use it. He also said he would do my pony rims. This is not dipping it's plating. Is this system good. Should I worry about chips or some sort of drips. Especially that they are just learning the machine. Or is this something that if you learn it one time it's not hard to mess up. I'm sure I will get them done for almost nothing but I don't want to buy another set of rims either. Any suggestions?

 

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My neighbor just opened a body shop. He said he bought a chroming machine and he has to send his son to Ohio or something to learn how to use it. He also said he would do my pony rims. This is not dipping it's plating. Is this system good. Should I worry about chips or some sort of drips. Especially that they are just learning the machine. Or is this something that if you learn it one time it's not hard to mess up. I'm sure I will get them done for almost nothing but I don't want to buy another set of rims either. Any suggestions?
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I'm not so sure I would let some one who has no experience chrome my rims. If it's not done correctly you can have all kinds of problems like pitting or flaking. I would let them get a few months experience under their belt before turning my wheels over to them. Especially if you don't have a back up set.

 

yeah, i dont know about that. i would check the junk yrad and find a ratty rim for them to do an example. see how that looks before i let them go crazy on my rims

 

I'd let them practice some, first...

 

I have had rims plated before(pony rims) and I will never do it again. They looked great but they did not last. If you had a garage queen that never got in the weather and you removed the wheels to clean the back side every time you washed it then fine....but otherwise no.