I've used three sets.
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Northstar is/was in Minn. has been bought by Keystone as far as I've been told.
....So I chose to go with the AMD Charger rear bumper,...It really is a nice piece, the plateing was done rather well,....better than original/NOS,...although not as nice as triple plate,...but I was more interested in a "factory" appearance,...the bumperettes are included, everything lined up perfectly, and the bumper fit all the contours very well,...I used Stainless Steel bumper bolts, polished out, rather than chromed steel, the bumper has been on the car for about 6 years, seen plenty of miles on Hotrod Power Tours/ driven to cross country show tours, seen plenty of wet wether,...no signs of rust, or chrome fade/peeling
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i'd rechrome the original.
i tell my plater to keep all the original detail instead of polishing the crap out of my stuff and robbing it of it's original look. overpolished bling is cool for a street rod or harley but i would think replicating the original appearance of a musclecar item would take precedent over bling.
what looks bad about a shiney chrome bumper? Id rather have a too shiney bumper than one that I can see gring marks in through the crappy thin plating. I had the bumper on my bird triple plated in 1986 for a boat load of money and it still looks perfect.
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i'd rechrome the original.
i tell my plater to keep all the original detail instead of polishing the crap out of my stuff and robbing it of it's original look. overpolished bling is cool for a street rod or harley but i would think replicating the original appearance of a musclecar item would take precedent over bling.
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i'd rechrome the original.
i tell my plater to keep all the original detail instead of polishing the crap out of my stuff and robbing it of it's original look. overpolished bling is cool for a street rod or harley but i would think replicating the original appearance of a musclecar item would take precedent over bling.
and some people stare lovingly at orange peel because, after all, the factory produced it that way...
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i'd rechrome the original.
i tell my plater to keep all the original detail instead of polishing the crap out of my stuff and robbing it of it's original look. overpolished bling is cool for a street rod or harley but i would think replicating the original appearance of a musclecar item would take precedent over bling.
youre talking about a chrome bumper that might be too shiney?
go roll your eyes at someone else. the op asked for opinions and i gave mine. 
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This question really depends on the plater.... I was doing a buick GS and had to have the bumpers re-chromed since no one makes them, I used cambridge custom chrome and paid $800 for the rear and $1250 to do the front as it was bent... when they came back, I compared them to an AMD repo I had on the shelf and they were no better in appearance... in fact my AMD repo looked a bit nicer... the rechromed one was a slight bit wavy looking and had some low spots... It looked ok but,for the price I paid (no choice) I was not happy with the rechrome... Another customer brought me parts done by the bumper boyz that were still all rusty and crusty under the chrome on the back side of the peice... horrible job !
choose your plater wisely and let them know up front, in writing that you will not accept anything but top quality work...
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