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Originally Posted by JMFL36
Qual Krom gave me a quote of $2400. Yikes! I'll have to look around some more.
Has anyone tried coating top irons with one of those chrome paint products?
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My brother painted a motor cycle fender the other day with some chrome paint and it looked pretty decent, still had a fair bit of orange peel in a few spots. I think the end results are driven by the amount of prep before painting as in this case the end results were not "Concours" driven, just everyday "Utilitarian" look good level. With a good prep job AND the right techniques I could see a "fair" to "Good" result going this route. The lastability I would question IF you raise and lower your top on a fairly regular basis and keep any kind of lube on all of your pivoting parts?? I also wonder IF the end results are also contingent upon what you are painting over as my brother painted over existing chrome??? Given the current environment and length of time between, a $700 increase over the last 4 years doesn't seem too out of line. I'm not sure the quality of the overall package AND I can certainly understand and get next to spending as little as necessary BUT there are few left that are chrome plating in the manor that Qual Krom is AND I would bet that in the next few years there are/will be even fewer still.......AND that to the fact of the quality of the workmanship and his ABILITY to handle the task.....I for one would be working as hard as I could to be sending my top frame to them!!! JMO hope it all works out for you