Chroming an Exhaust Expansion Chamber.

[Kickass]

hey guys

my motorbikes exahust is becoming more and more rusty and i painted it with a coat of heat paint but it seems to have gone through that so i need it chromed, im looking for a chroming service where i could send my exhaust away and have a quality job done to it, then sent back, hoping to spend no more than £30 idealy...

Thanks

[fillip]

http://www.beedspeed.com/chrome.html

These guys do a lot of chroming and powder coating of moped parts so pretty similar. Dunno what they charge precisely; but they do list lots of components on the site, or what their turn around time is though.

[Kickass]

thanks ive emailed them, anyone else? :h34r:

[Knipex]

Not at those pricesI dont.

They look seriously good value.

[Kickass]

they quoted me £55. looking to spend a bit less than that, people i know have had them done for £20 lol, im a poor student you must sympathise! :(

[Leeum]

You could look at nickel plating, next best thing from chrome and a hell of alot cheaper ;)

[Kickass]

all i want is for it to not rust, be waterproof and look reasonably good, any coulours considered too ! lol ... know of any places that do this nickel plating and does it meet requirments? lol

[fillip]

all i want is for it to not rust, be waterproof and look reasonably good, any coulours considered too ! lol ... know of any places that do this nickel plating and does it meet requirments? lol
That beedspeed place I mentioned do powdercoating too which as they state on their website is roughly half the price of chroming.
Maybe thats something to think about.
£55 doesn't sound that expensive to me for what you want done... http://wizdforums.co.uk/images/smilies/unsure.gif

[Darv]

they quoted me £55. looking to spend a bit less than that, people i know have had them done for £20 lol, im a poor student you must sympathise! :(

Why don't you ask them where they had it done? :blink:

[Kickass]

Hi guys my mate had his done localy i will ask him if i can post to him etc. powercoating is no good as expansion chambers get very very hot :) thanks for help guys

[fivecheebs]

Back in the day (10 years ago now) I used some of that matt black heat proof paint. It worked well and looked OK, i dont know why you had problems.

[Kickass]

it wasnt very well sprayed, and paint wont last forever, i want it to look good too, its gonna end up being my next option.

Thanks
Spike

[fivecheebs]

well, i never was a big fan of chrome on Bikes tbh. My bike is an old LC350YPVS and it looked brilliant IMO, way better than those allstar (i think it was allstar lol ... theres that age thing again!) pipes you used to get for them that were shiney from end to end.

[Kickass]

Heres his, mins a very similiar bike

http://img24.exs.cx/img24/1787/bend0vb.jpg

And another...

http://img24.exs.cx/img24/8060/10024030vy.jpg

:h34r:

[fivecheebs]

yea, not my cup 'o' tea. sorry. But i can see why you want a strong finish. I think it be tempted to still use the heat paint every few months.