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Repairs to grill surround

Posted: Tue May 10, 2016 1:16 pm
by Dan Rushen
Can anyone recommend company to re-chrome and repair grill surround. Some dents and cracks need attention. Thank you. Dan Rushen TC2979 Fareham UK

Re: Repairs to grill surround

Posted: Tue May 10, 2016 2:02 pm
by ian fletcher
Hi, I've used a company Classic and Chrome Ltd
Unit 8, Hinckley Business Park, Brindley Road, Hinckley, Leicestershire, LE10 3BY, tel 01455 637921

They are v good and recommended by Steve Baker. They have repaired and chromed two radiator cowls for me.
They may be too far from you though.
Cheers
Ian

Re: Repairs to grill surround

Posted: Tue May 10, 2016 2:40 pm
by antijam
I assume we're talking about the car radiator shell Dan? I had mine repaired and rechromed by S&T Electroplate, along with a few other parts. The shell had the classic wear holes in the sides from fretting against the apron, a hole for a screw to replace the bottom centre slat fixing and a few slat mounting studs missing.

This is a before picture of the parts I asked them to tackle....
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...(an 'after' shot just shows a lot of shiny reflections).

S&T made a very good job of the shell (and of everything else). Something with large relatively flat areas like the shall can be difficult to get a perfect surface on after rechroming; the polishing tends to leave ripples in the surface which show up clearly in the reflections.

Anyway, for what it's worth, here's the rechromed shell being trial assembled.

Re: Repairs to grill surround

Posted: Tue May 10, 2016 9:51 pm
by Dan Rushen
Thank you for both replies. Very helpful. I don't mind a bit of travel to get the job done well. I visited Raj Patel at recon & return in Leicester last year who made a great job of my shocks.

Re: Repairs to grill surround

Posted: Thu May 12, 2016 1:55 am
by Dan Rushen
Thanks for the advice. I have contacted S&T Electroplate in Bristol, and thanks Nick for this recommendation