Bumper replating

neely butler

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Tom,
Please check on chrome plating our steel wheels.
will they do it? how much?
Neely B. '78 Eleganza II
- -----Original Message-----
From: tom warner
To: gmcmotorhome
Date: Thursday, June 29, 2000 6:59 PM
Subject: Re: GMC: Bumper replating

>I remembered that I had talked to JR Wheeler about the bumper rechroming by
>Tricity plating in Elizabethton, Tennessee several weeks ago. He told me he
>cannot work on this until November when he returns home so I will compile
>the list of names for him.
>
>They seem to be a quality rechromer. Talked to them on the phone today and
>they estimated they can do each blade for about $150 each or a total of
$300
>per bumper. They do a show quality chrome. They remove all dings,
straighten
>the bumper and remove any hole that are in the bumper you want removed.
>They do not restore heavily rusted bumpers for this price. The rechrome
>consists of a copper base, nickel and 3 coats of chrome.
>
>They told me that the best time to get this done is November thru March or
>April. About a 3 week turnaround time.
>
>I think we should start getting an idea of how many bumpers we have so that
>we can negotiate a firm price. You can ship your bumpers in any way but
they
>like to ship out fed-X.
>
>Tomorrow I will take pictures of my bumpers and send them to the company
>along with the dimensions to maybe get a better price.
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>They remove all dings, straighten the bumper and remove any hole that are
in the bumper you want removed.

Do they use some sort of proprietary tool to remove the holes in the bumper?
Can't find anyone locally that can do this.

Steve Clevenger
76 Transmode 230
Tulsa, OK.