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Old Aug 22, 2006 | 02:17 PM
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i have 22inch foose speedsters and my chrome is looking crappy also. thank god its not lifting (yet), but it is looking crappy. i tried taking some never dull to them, it helped a little, but scratched the hell out of them. then i tried mothers chrome polish, its not abbrasive enough to take out the pitting. how much does it cost to have them re-chromed? where do you have this done?
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Old Aug 22, 2006 | 02:35 PM
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ot have them rechrome almost worth just buying a new set some times
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Old Aug 22, 2006 | 08:41 PM
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They shouldn't do that even if they were 10 years old. I would try to call them and get some new ones from Foose.
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Old Aug 22, 2006 | 09:13 PM
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Re Chroming with be very expensive like mentioned above, I cant believe that those are pitting on you josh. That sucks they look badass on your truck.
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Old Aug 22, 2006 | 09:33 PM
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Chrome plating is a dying art in this country, and never perfected anywhere else. Call the Mfg'r and see if they'll take care of you?
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Old Aug 22, 2006 | 09:43 PM
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I have the same rims as you and one is flaking- hard to see, but the other one has a bad spot that looks like a dog pissed on it and I tried all of that polish nothing worked
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Old Aug 23, 2006 | 01:17 AM
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My Centerline's are doing the same thing. I've even taken the wheels off every year in the winter months to keep the salt off of them. To say I'm pissed is an understatement. I'm going to have them stripped over the winter and either painted or powdercoated. I got a price of $80 per wheel to strip, etch, and powdercoat, so that's prob. the way I'll go. I figure the SS factory wheels look pretty good so these should look ok. Chrome + Aluminum =
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Old Aug 23, 2006 | 06:21 PM
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Yes they do
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