Although I didn't use them I know someone who did and was not pleased as the
chrome peeled off after being installed on his car for a year or 2.
A proper chrome plate job is a strike of nickel then copper then nickel then
chrome. The copper coat is polished as it's soft and a good chrome plater
will do several strikes of copper to get rid of shallow pits.
Cars built in the 30s and 40s also had a first strike of zinc which is why
their chrome lasted so long - the zinc acted as the sacrificial surface.
>From what my friend told me is that there was only 1 strike and that was
chrome. Chrome does not stick well to bare metal.
There's a reason their prices are so low unless they send off the stuff to
China where there are no pollution laws to speak of - or Mexico.
Mike
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