chrometastic!

[bikeaddict504]

i was thinking of chroming my old stp frame and my bars and building an actual pimp stp. whaddaya reckon? and if anyone is works in a car workshop or sprays cars do you know how much it would cost?

[ned_stp]

umm, car workshops and even spray painters aernt going to know much about chroming cause its a special copper dipping process.

one other option you have with the stp frame, because its alloy, you can polish to a chrome finish. this is hours and hours of sanding, but totally worth it and will only cost what the sandpaper costs.

[rgm]

Sandpaper won't look as nice as real chromed metal.

[Matt H]

There's some site that does fancy pants paint for cars - they do a paint that supposedly has a near identical finish to the real thing...

I can't remember the exact name :o

But they do other crazy stuff like paint that dries in patterns and shit :cool:

[ashhash]

For the money it would cost to chrome it you could buy a bike that IS actually cool...

It would probably cost $1000 or more, provided you could find someone with a tank large enough to fit it.

Its not just dipping the thing in some chrome, there is heaps of prep work.

Just polish it like ned said I reckon.

[ned_stp]

rgm, if you spend enough time alloy can be polished as shiny as chrome.

[rgm]

For the money it would cost to chrome it you could buy a bike that IS actually cool...

It would probably cost $1000 or more, provided you could find someone with a tank large enough to fit it.

Its not just dipping the thing in some chrome, there is heaps of prep work.

Just polish it like ned said I reckon.


$1000? no fucking way, not even half that!

People have some HUGE baths for chrome plating out there.

[No Skid Marks]

Sandpaper and polish would be lighter than chroming and actually make the frame a touch stronger,hmmm well maybe chrome would make it stronger also but I'm not sure.
Edit: I probably should have said tougher not stronger,less likely to crack is my point and as I said,only by a minescule amount.

[wespelarno]

Why would polishing make the frame stronger/tougher/less likely to crack? Surely all you are doing is removing material? Then any places where material is removed would be weaker?

[prestage]

unless you get it properly chromed it will make your frame weaker. After you polish it you would remove the anodising which makes your frame a bit stronger well thats what ive been told by a few people anyway oh and do the polish thing with the sandpaper im sure removing the anodising wont weaken it that much :P