Source for chroming fiberglass bumpers

I know there has been recent posts about this topic, but I couldn't find them. I came across another company in Amarillo, Texas. 806 Customs, Performance and Autocare. Chroming and hydro dipping. Looks like they do decent work. Messaged about my glass bumpers. They get $750 for the pair including stripping and prep work, since mine are already painted. Takes about a month. They look like they do pretty decent work and have a good reputation. Anyone know anything about this company.

https://www.facebook.com/croniccustomcoatings/

Are you comfortable with a spray gun? There's some stuff out there that works great

You can get chrome vinyl wrap from amazon.

Except for spray cans, never sprayed before in my life. And I can't find anyone local who can do this either.

This guy did cuda dons bumpers here and supposedly did a awesome job. He posted close ups and they look really nice.

Apparently the chroming paint that is out there is yellowing after some time in the sun.

The wrap has me very interested! Do they sell it in a long/wide enough roll to do a car bumper in one shot?

Does one apply heat to cure it? I assume it has an adhesive backing?

Very hard to do corners with wrap, the ones I have seen always have wrinkles

I've seen the same results with wraps. As far as spray on yellowing in the sun, the car is only outside on race days or for a wash up.

a competent wrapper can do it with NO WRINKLES.

It looks like about $100 worth of the 3m stuff would do two b-body bumpers. I'm very tempted to give it a try on our black car.

One guy in town who can do it wants $450 bumper to wrap it. Too rich for my blood.

Might just have them shot in silver and cleared. My paint and body guy owes me a favor, anyway.

You are going to force me into being the wrap-mule aren't you? $450 seems insane!

I would love to see somebody wrap one without wrinkles around the ends. Would give me hope.

I wrapped my Avenger. It sucked. But it was the whole car. I just peeled it and am doing paint and body now.
If you had a couple friends over and watched a few vids on YouTube you can get decent results.
The materials are cheep enough. The blue chrome faded to a gray. The red chrome didn't fade.

They can send a man to the moon...

Here is my bumper that was wrapped a couple of years ago. There are no wrinkles in it,although he did tell me it was a PITA to do the corners. He charged me $275. He brought it to the Drag Expo and put it in a booth before he gave it to me. He put out probably a 100 business cards next to it,with everyone of them being taken. I saw his dad 2 months later and said he didn't get one job from all those tire kickers. He has since moved away to go to college.

My BIL did a bumper and said he would never do it again (he does emergency vehicles wraps for a living) and said you could not pay him enough to do it again because it was such a PITA.

So there you have it.

We have a guy locally that has a spray system that does a chrome effect, does weird stuff like AR-15 parts and intake mañifolds for people fairly cheap, tim

Yes Dan Gokey @ insane paint I will try to post more pics this weekend.
Don

That price is right. Looks nice and should hold up great. Do you remember what brand of product was used?

Good for him. Too bad for me. I would have definitely had him wrap my bumpers.

Just messaged this guy. Came in much cheaper than others. $420 to chrome wrap both bumpers for the Cuda.

https://www.facebook.com/novativewraps1/services/

Sorry it took so long. here's a couple pics further away.
Don

pictures of mine. done at insanse paint shop.

He does great work! I like mine.
Yours look great.

Don

So far, all that's been mentioned is wrapping and the spray on chrome. Sounds like the wrap doesn't work too well. I have had experience with spray on chrome, parts I had done don't hold up well after time. It doesn't have the same color as chrome. It WILL turn yellow, and usually has a lot of dust in it. Especially on larger parts, such as bumpers being discussed.
There is a chrome shop that can actually plate fiberglass with REAL chrome. Paul's Chrome Plating in Evan City Pa. The process uses a copper base that can be applied to fiberglass, then electroplated nickel and chrome! I have no idea what they charge for this. They are not cheap. They are a very high end user kind of shop. Show car work. If you want your glass bumper to look like chrome, then use chrome! This beats the heck out of spray on crap!
Here is a link that was featured on a tv show. (My Classic Car) then click on link to Chroming Fiberglass on right hand side of your screen.

http://www.myclassiccar.com/episode/20/18/

Before I had mine wrapped I called him, and he quoted me $750 each.

Very cool video from the 7 second VIP guys.

https://www.facebook.com/1392100694345667/videos/1729073353981731/

i was surprised on the technique used, as it really "hosed" on the product. how could it do that and not produce runs was amazing to me. you would think with that much run off, a catch and filter/reuse system would be employed. the results looked very nice. i wonder how the longevity of the coating is ?

I'm looking at front and rear glass bumpers for the new ride...How in the world can somebody paint chrome like that? Can a novice like me do it? The wrap is another way to go I guess. Both look great. I was going to shoot them with the brightest "Chrome" I could find and call it a day, now it looks like I'll be re-looking at my options.

I work in the paint industry, and one of the companies I work with makes a chrome paint, but it's not an automotive type of paint. It's an interior 2-component alkyd varnish.. I've requested a sample, don't know anything more about it at this time. The rep told me that if the surface is prepped good and flat, it looks pretty good, but he was unsure of how much yellowing it would see if exposed to extended UV.

Hey guys don't have the car anymore John Cadamore (pittsburghracer) has it now, but I had my rear glass bumper done. Mandish Motorsports in Monaca, Pa. He is a great person to work with & has been racing Mopars longer than I can remember. The bumper looks awesome for sure. Maybe John can post a picture. Been several years now, but I think it was $400 a bumper.
Please try him, about 25min. from downtown Pittsburgh
Lee Mandish
Mandish Motorsport
(724)775-0003
Thanks, Ken

[quote=Bull1tt]So far, all that's been mentioned is wrapping and the spray on chrome. Sounds like the wrap doesn't work too well. I have had experience with spray on chrome, parts I had done don't hold up well after time. It doesn't have the same color as chrome. It WILL turn yellow, and usually has a lot of dust in it. Especially on larger parts, such as bumpers being discussed.
There is a chrome shop that can actually plate fiberglass with REAL chrome. Paul's Chrome Plating in Evan City Pa. The process uses a copper base that can be applied to fiberglass, then electroplated nickel and chrome! I have no idea what they charge for this. They are not cheap. They are a very high end user kind of shop. Show car work. If you want your glass bumper to look like chrome, then use chrome! This beats the heck out of spray on crap!
Here is a link that was featured on a tv show. (My Classic Car) then click on link to Chroming Fiberglass on right hand side of your screen.



I just got a quote today from this outfit. $1250 each for the fiberglass bumpers and $900 for steel. I think paint will work just fine thank you.

You guys seen this water transfer thing ? Might not work for you but it is awesome.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CA0DR4GSQg