Re: re-chroming bumpers

[stans4@ibm.net (Stan Schaefer)]

I had a moron back into me and another rear end me, I was quoted $250
>from a local outfit for straightening and rechroming for both. I've
refitted early chrome overrider bumpers to my '71, kind of hard
finding replaceements in good shape, took five years to find these.
Haven't had it done yet, may be higher now.  In a month or so, it will
be warm enough to take the doors off, strip and paint them, so I'll
see about having it done then.  There's a lot of hand work involved
with straightening them up and polishing them out, I wouldn't do it
for $500.

On Mon, 9 Mar 1998 12:32:50 -0500, you wrote:

>My dad bought me a used front and rear bumper from a '64 Square for my '63
>project.  They are less dented and rusty than my original ones, but the guy
>at the rechroming shop quoted my dad $200 per bumper to fix the dents and
>rechrome them.  Does this sound normal?  Has anyone had this done or can
>you suggest cheaper of do-it-yourself ideas?
>
> Leah Wegener,  '63 Squareback (just bought some more primer for when the
>weather warms up)