Stock grill chromed out on eBay

[300Con23s]

Found a stock grill on eBay which has been chromed out and is up for auction for $500.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tego ry=33645

[Ventana]

Originally Posted by 300Con23s

Found a stock grill on eBay which has been chromed out and is up for auction for $500.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tego ry=33645

Seems kind of expensive. I had the plastic on my 66 impala dash rechromed and detailed for $200.

[TheDon300]

yea exactly ventana. Who ever buys this is an idiot that guys really trying to screw some people over

[Lik2race]

Originally Posted by TheDon300

yea exactly ventana. Who ever buys this is an idiot that guys really trying to screw some people over

Exactly,I bought a O.E.M grill off ebay for $40.00,getting
it chromed shouldn't cost $460.00..lol

[JonW]

I sent the guy an e-mail to ask what process was used for the chroming. I recently contacted a local company to do the exact same thing. I was quoted $150 to do vacuum chrome metalizing and $495 to do actual chrome dip process. It appears that this one is a vacuum job (which is not necessarily bad, just over priced).

Here's the ebay guys response:

Originally Posted by Ebay Seller

THE GRILL HAS A CHROME RING, ":FACTORY" THERE IS NO WAY TO REMOVE ACID OR OTHERWISE THE PLATING APPLYIED, WE DEVELOPED A POLLY RESIN COATING "ROCK HARD" THAT WE SPRAY ON AND POLISH AFTER 3 DAYS DRYING, THEN WE WET SAND TO 1500 GRITT SANDING AND WASH OFF IMPURITYS. WE SPRAY A BASE COAT TO ADD GRIP AND VACUME METALIZE THEN ITS ROLLED INTO A SPRAY BOOTH FOR A TOP COAT KINDA LIKE A UV COATING, WE DID 2 GRILLS FOR A FAMOUS FOOTBALL PLAYER WHO TRADED UP FOR A LAMBORGHINI HIS WIFE NOW DRIVES A ESCALADE WE ARE DOING HER GRILL NOW SAME PROCESS, WE DO ALL THE BENTLY DEALERS AND LAMBORGHINI'S THE SAME WAY FOR 10 TIMES WHAT THIS IS SELLING FOR IT'S DEALER PRICED TO BLOW OUT...I HAVE 2 IN STOCK

CHRIS CHROME

I wonder if his last name really is "Chrome"???

[CITADELGRAD87]

"Ten times the price...blowing them out"

Puhleeze, show me the person paying $5,000 for a stock plastic grille that has been chromed.

At least with the STRUT grille you're getting something unusual and handmade.