Cascade Crew

91camaro_rs · Posted: Sun Nov 29, 2009 2:17 pm Post subject: chrome plating/paint

ok so im workin on gettn my halos working again i got all new led's and i was gonna clean the housings cause they had fingerprints and junk on them....so i thought meguiars PlastX would work.....it rubbed the chrome off of the inside of the headlight housing....so anyone have any ideas hw this can be fixed? can it be re-painted or plated?

iansane · Posted: Sun Nov 29, 2009 2:52 pm Post subject:

Mexi-in-a-can.

91camaro_rs · Posted: Sun Nov 29, 2009 3:25 pm Post subject:

haha i think thats my last resort, a friend told me about a place in port orchard that does chrome plating, ill check em out tomorrow, if that doesnt work out...ill resort to rattle can

black would look really cool in the headlight, but wouldnt be nearly as bright lol

iansane · Posted: Sun Nov 29, 2009 3:41 pm Post subject:

I forgot; are the housings you have metal or plastic?

91camaro_rs · Posted: Sun Nov 29, 2009 3:49 pm Post subject:

plastic, plastic can be chrome plated tho, i was just lookin at some websites

iansane · Posted: Sun Nov 29, 2009 9:12 pm Post subject:

True, although it seems like a hell of a hassle that could be prevented with a bit of prep time sanding/priming and shooting with a rattle can?

91camaro_rs · Posted: Mon Nov 30, 2009 12:33 am Post subject:

yeah thats true, you think i can get it to match the chrome plating on all the other headlight housings? thats kinda why i wanted to have it replated cause im not sure if it will match

91camaro_rs · Posted: Mon Nov 30, 2009 10:16 am Post subject:

ok so the place in port orchard only chrome plates metal, so there is another place that does it, but it sounds expensive.

can chrome paint handle high heat? it gets pretty dang hot in the headlights (reason why they melted before Laughing

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91camaro_rs · Posted: Mon Nov 30, 2009 5:05 pm Post subject:

ok so i solved the problem, the plating place wanted over $100 and i said F that Laughing

so they make similar lights to the ones i have now, they just dont have halos in them....so my plan is to buy a set of new lights for $30 and just bake em open and stick the halos in there and im good to go

Quasi-Traction · Posted: Mon Nov 30, 2009 6:04 pm Post subject:

kind of a moot point now, but I don't know how well Vaccuum plating (plastic chroming) holds up around heat.