Chrome Powdercoat?

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Feb 14, 2005 | 08:19 PM

PongoX11

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Chrome Powdercoat?

I have heard of chrome powdercoat and wondering if anyone has any pictures of has seen it first hand?

Going to powdercoat my brakes, and am entertaining the idea of chrome powdercoat depending on what it looks like.

Feb 14, 2005 | 08:27 PM

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I have the ability to powdercoat and have often thought about buying some and tryin but havent yet. so i also would be interestd in seeing some pics.

Feb 14, 2005 | 09:17 PM

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A buddy of mine had his wheels blasted with walnut shells to strip 'em and had chrome power coat applied. Wheels are on a Jeep grand cherokee and look pretty sharp on the car. All he has to do is wipe them off every now and then to clean them.

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Feb 14, 2005 | 11:27 PM

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It looks ok in person. Don't expect it to shine as much as chrome. It will look dull next to the real thing. I think it looks more like a polished aluminum look.

Feb 14, 2005 | 11:32 PM

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Kinda looks like ceramic coating...but even a bit duller <---if thats a word.

Feb 15, 2005 | 12:36 PM

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I powdercoat stuff and I recently coated someone's accessory bracket with chrome powder. It looks AWESOME. Of course it does not have the finish of chrome, but like K9Kev said before, it kinda looks like ceramic coating, but the piece that I did was a LOT more mirror-like than my headers were when they were new. I think chrome calipers would look awesome. It was a dilema for me recently when deciding if I wanted to go with chrome calipers or Hugger Orange like my stripes. I ended up doing them Hugger Orange.

Feb 16, 2005 | 02:08 PM

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Thanks guys, probably try to polish them or go black. Behind chrome wheels they will powdercoat chrome prob wont look to good.
Thanks for the input and pics