Re-Chroming kits?

[oshanac]

I have K&N Pods on my 79' 750 I'm restoring. The filter itself is in great shape. The chrome, not so much. I don't want to have to replace $120 filters if there is a way to re-chrome the endcaps.

Has anyone used some sort of chrome touch up (heck or any metal plating touch up for that matter) kit on a part like the K&N filter, that CAN'T be dipped in a tank, and had good results?

 

[Nessism]

Paint them black.

 

[Guest]

I agree with Nes. Scratch and paint em with flat black paint.
I thought about painting mine and they're still new
But ya cant see em much anyway..

 

[tejasmud]

I think I seen a girl with some chrome finger nail polish once. :lol:

Hey, might work.

 

[trintek]

you probably have a few choices...

chrome dipping doesn't actually have to be dipped, if you can find a shop that is in between runs, they can just suspend the section needing rechroming in the solution. will still cost you 50 or so.

scuff it up an paint... by far the cheapest solution.

rechrome it yourself, the caswell hard chrome kit works well, only requires a car or marine battery really (1 amp per sqin). but at a cost of 150 or so for a 1.5 gallon kit, probably not worth it unless you want to chrome other parts.

last but not least, you may be able to find a chroming kit cheaper if it is a brush applied version (electrified brush or swab)... but, results may vary.

if it were me, i would scuff it and parkerize it, won't have to mess with it for quite a while.

 

[KitKat]

there is chrome-finish spray paint if you wanna go that route

 

[trintek]

was digging through some of my boxes looking for a fuse block and found the brush version of the plating kit i was talking about. it's called "plug n' plate", and according to the package it's available in black krome, copy chrome, nickel, copper, tin, gold, etc.

 

[Agemax]

scuff em up and spray em! the choice is yours then, black, flat black or colour match them to your bike. the colour match option would look cool

 

[oshanac]

Thanks for the input guys. If no one here has had experience using the brush plating kits, then it's just not worth the chance. Paint it is!