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Aftermarket mudguards, are they hit and miss and should I....
Laverda Dave:
Before committing money to a far flug island that may not offer the best quality and making returns difficult get a quote to get your original guard re chrome plated first. Yes it going to potentially expensive and likely cost more than a repro BUT......you know it fits, you know it's original metal (thicker than repro) and you won't have to return it if it doesn't fit.
I bought a rear seat cowl for my RE from India. The chrome was great but the finish of the metal below the chrome was really lumpy in places where it had been welded and not ground down. I had to elongate the two side mounting holes as well to allow it to fit.
WestMids-CB:
I think that's the route I'm going as I've been given a quote for rechroming and it's a lot better than I expected.
McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
There is re-chroming and then there is quality re-chroming.
A few years ago we had a wire type chromed coner basket in our bathroom from Dunelm, it cost about £15.00
After a couple of years it had rusted quite badly on the underside
As there were two screw holes in the tiles I tried to buy one that would fit the holes.
In the end I had it re-chroming by Derby Platers, it cost about £45 in 2016. I gulped a bit when I collected & paid.
I was told how they plate it with a thick layer of Copper first etc etc iirc they said it was the polishing that was labour intensive. It's still rust free after 10 years in the wettest room in the house.
WestMids-CB:
It's a company I've used before when I built a couple of choppers back in the early 2000s, they were in magazines ad on display at the nec at one of the custom shows, the chrome is still good all these years later.
McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
They re-chromed my 400 chain guard in 2021 I think it was, cost more than a new one from DS at the time.
Back then it was almost a three month turn round, the car park looks empty these days.
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