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From: Scott Suhring <suhringtr36@comcast.net>
> All that said, some of the items on your list I would recommend buying
> aftermarket since the smaller items that have allot of curves/bends/etc. are
> really expensive, as you have found. Todd L., who is the only one at the
> shop who will give quotes, on several occasions told me to buy the
> aftermarket piece rather than get it rechromed since it is extremely
> expensive (door handles, hinges, rear tail light trims, etc.).
Bear in mind with reproduction parts that there will be numerous sorces. Items
like bootlid and door handles aren't reproductions in the true sense - they are
produced using original tooling by Weston Body Hardware, the descendant of the
original manufacturer Wilmott Breeden. As such the quality is (in my
experience) far higher than that found on the reproduction bumpers which
originate in the far east.
All things being equal, If a good quality part is available then buy new,
otherwise rechrome.
Cheers,
Bill.
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