Pro class bars

[GREMLIN]

   A while back i picked up a set of Pro class bars to go onto my Cali'.  They were a bit snotty, so they had the usual clean up.  Cleaned up quite nice, but they're not chrome, they're stainless.  So where they are tarnished it still shows up slightly.  So i am thinking about having them chromed now...  Will stainless chrome up ok?  Also there are a few small scrapes on the top bar, any ideas on the best way to get them sorted before maybe sending them to the dippers?  They're hidden once the pad is on, but for the sake of getting them done right from the start i may as well deal with them.  Thanx lads,   G.   

[sawzall]

dont get them chromed gav stainless will polish up like chrome,i did a set for my supergoose,i removed the small dings with dent pulling tool we use at work then polished to mirror finish they came up like this

[oberonspacefruit]

yup, stainless will polish, as good as chrome.

[GREMLIN]

If i can polish my way through the tarnishing and small pot marks that's cool.  I did give them a good polish to get them to the stage they're at now. But it seemed after a while they weren't gonna get any better.  Maybe i'd best put a little more elbow grease into it     Phil what did you use to get yours looking like that?      Gav.

[sawzall]

hi gav i cheated and machine polished them ,you wont get them really shiney doing them by hand as stainless is a really hard metal and takes a lot of time even when using a polishing motor

[GREMLIN]

I'll have to get somebody to do mine then.  One of my turbo stems is off to be rechromed, when i can be arsed to drive along to Poole, so i'll see if he will have a bash at polishing the bars up for me when i'm there.     Worth a try.     G.

[sawzall]

i polished my leary stem too,i dont like chrome on alloy as you get oxidisation on alloy ,which is like a white powder that develops and it will lift the chrome i had a pair of chrome ukais that did after a couple of months of use

[GREMLIN]

I've heard about chroming over alloy before     I've got the 1 turbo stem which is nicely polished up.  So the other i'm def thinking of rechroming.  Even if only for show use eventually.     

[oberonspacefruit]

get a polishing kit.

they fit on an ordinary drill.


you can get them from frost restoration i think, they do mail order.

you need the mops, and paste.

the chromers will polish the items first, before they chrome them, so iven if you are not happy with the results, you will have saved yourself some cash cos the chromers will have less work to do, plus they always come in handy for polishing anything bmx related, ali, steel, chrome...the lot.

[GREMLIN]

Nice 1.  Thanx Oberon'.  Thanx Phil m8