MG-Cars.net

Welcome to our resource for MG Car Information.

Recommendations

Parts

MG parts spares and accessories are available for MG T Series (TA, MG TB, MG TC, MG TD, MG TF), Magnette, MGA, Twin cam, MGB, MGBGT, MGC, MGC GT, MG Midget, Sprite and other MG models from British car spares company LBCarCo.

MG MGA - Re-chroming ????

Our local chrome shop just called me with the estimate for my MGA front 3 piece bumper and two over-riders...they r very straight but need to be chromed....$800.00....there must be shops around the country that I could send these and other parts to be chromed for a lot less than that...your experiences...oh yes, 1 front headlight rim $80.00...thanks again for all the great help and advice...
Mike

Hi Mike. Chroming is labour intensive and therefore expensive, but I suspect those prices are extremely high! You could purchase a new front bumper for much less than the price of re chroming. There seen to be a few suppliers of new front bumpers. I think Scarborough Faire out of Rhode Island makes their own front bumper set, which I hear fits very well, and is of good quality. Cheers! Glenn
Glenn

Thanks for the info Glenn...I realize this is Ca. but I might like to have an original item re-chromed at some point and would like to know if there is a shop that might be a little less expensive....must be someplace in the USA that someone is happy with the service and price...thanks, once again....
Mike

I just had the bumpers done at Denver Bumper in Colorado for $650.00. They came out great! They had holes drilled in them, and they were bent. Now they look like new. Thanks Denver Bumper!!!
D.M. Black

Mike. There is a place here in the Phoenix area which does a lot of custom chrome work for the "hot rod" community and has an excellent reputation within the south-west. It was recommended by a body shop in New Mexico.

Overall, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has killed off most of the "good quality--medium priced" plating shops. The EPA regulations have driven most of the local radiator repair shops out of business. California has tighter standards than the EPA. One fellow I spoke with had his parts replated in Mexico. No EPA, very good quality and much lower cost that was available here in the US.

Might be worth checking on.

Les
Les Bengtson

Sherm's in Sacramento does very good work. You could also try Lodi Chrome in Lodi. Sherm's did a bunch of plating for me a year or so ago, and while they took a long time, the work was very good and I don't recall the prices being as eye-popping as what you quoted. I don't have direct experience with Lodi Chrome, but I've seen their work on cars at a couple of shows, and it looked very nice.
Mark Lambert

That's high = $4-500 would be a decent deal though and you'd end up with a far better product than the garbage passing as new these days.
Bill Spohn

This thread was discussed between 15/04/2006 and 16/04/2006

MG MGA index

This thread is from the archive. The Live MG MGA BBS is active now.