Have you seen this? It's pretty amazing but I would question how durable the finish would be on exterior parts.

http://www.jaylenosgarage.com/video/...hrome/1232328/

 

ok first off i thought you where gonna ask about the crap at pep boys! lol. that looks legit though.

incoming buick regals painted chrome

 

this is very intresting. i think they did this on pimp my ride once on the mustang they put 21 tv's in. you could make some serious money if you opened up one of these. its half the price of chrome with the same look.

 

I agree. I think one of the keys to making it a great business would be not let your customers see the process.

I wonder if any of the runn-off material is recoverable.

 

im sure you could recover some. but you would have to have seperate wash tanks for all the steps.

 

they've been doing this for awhile overseas to whole cars. on an episode of inside west coast customs they did a solid chrome audi r8 for the creator of Tron. its just like paint. you put clear over it and wet sand and everything.

 

read this before you get too excited...

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/s...t=spray+chrome

check out post #18...

 

yes,... its not good for exterior. just for interior parts that wont be touched... so forget about door handles, but maybe some bezel trims or things like that..

 

All I here in that piece is Jay Leno saying over and over again how great this would be for those little pieces at on point he says you should get a bumper chromed properly ..

 

like i said when the professionals do it they spray a good clear coat over it. its more like car paint. you can wet sand it and everything. i'll bet that guy didn't put a clear on.