Chris A Posted February 9, 2021 Report Share Posted February 9, 2021 A friend here in France sent me a link to a company that sprays chrome onto all types of material. The link is, naturally to a French company near(ish) to me. I've put this link and a couple of others that might be of interest to some of you. At least it will give you something to look at in these grey & depressing days. For the French link select the link to videos the scroll to last video for a car radiator grill. https://www.l-aero.com/fr/pages/cosmichrome-5.html Pretty pictures on this one https://www.cosmichrome.com/fr/ A UK link https://www.mikris-finishers.co.uk/spray-chrome 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DVD3500 Posted February 19, 2021 Report Share Posted February 19, 2021 I will see if they have somwhere near me (I am only an hour from the border). There are places in Germany offering similar services. I have done a LOT of searching and I have not found a lot of recent reports of people who have done this. I have found some reports from 2009ish and people said the effect wore off over the course of a year but some people posted later that the process had been improved... If anyone has had this done and can report I would greatly appreciate it.. Maybe your friend could let me know Chris? I speak fairly fluent French but I might stumble on some of the technical terms... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris A Posted February 19, 2021 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2021 I'm waiting for my friend to confirm when he is going to have it done, the end of this month is when he hopes to take the items there so end March for finished results. I am going to ask him to take before photos or i will if I go with him. I will report back. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris A Posted March 25, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2021 My friend has got his bits back. He got a call late on Tuesday and collected them yesterday. Neither the company doing them nor my friend wanted to risk one or both departments being confined again. I haven't seen the items yet. My friend is very pleased with the results, after painting they get 3 coats of varnish. He told me over the phone that another Simca Aronde owner had all the trim done over 3 years ago and they still look very good. As a price guide a bumper that didn't need and dents etc. sorted out the price is about 500 Euros rising to 600 if the old chrome is really difficult to remove. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DVD3500 Posted March 25, 2021 Report Share Posted March 25, 2021 Thanks for getting back! You can get a set of bumpers front and back in stainless steel for 1000€ so maybe that would not be worth it but for the other shiny bits it might be an option! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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