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Old Jan 30, 2023 | 08:13 PM
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Old Jan 30, 2023 | 10:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Highway Handler
is your evaluation partly the reason you used to work in a chrome plating shop?
No
 
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Old Jan 30, 2023 | 10:27 PM
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This is the inside of the piece and will never been seen so of course they are not plating it. Coat it with some LPS3 and mount it up.

 

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Old Jan 31, 2023 | 05:22 AM
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Look on the inside of a chrome bumper. That part will never be seen, what does the visible side look like?
 
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Old Jan 31, 2023 | 05:30 AM
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If you have chrome heat shields take them off and look at the underside.
 
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Old Jan 31, 2023 | 07:03 AM
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Originally Posted by highway handler
is your evaluation partly the reason you used to work in a chrome plating shop?
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Old Jan 31, 2023 | 11:44 AM
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Originally Posted by Highway Handler
is your evaluation partly the reason you used to work in a chrome plating shop?
Oh no you didn't...
 
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Old Jan 31, 2023 | 01:06 PM
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I’m betting China not India…..
 
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Originally Posted by roussfam
Oh no you didn't...
Are you referring to me that I did not work in a chrome shop?
 
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Old Jan 31, 2023 | 01:39 PM
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I didn't read that.......
 
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