tuf neck stem....

[thebigdog]

picked up this little beut from the U.S,just gonna do a little resto on it, i want to get it rechromed does anyone know of any good chromers in the south? portsmouth southampton area or does anyone do it on here   



it did start to polish up.but there is some minor pitting still.

what ya reckon?

[MartyC]

Gossa was saying about some place in Poole that does it that's supposed to be the dogs.  You might just get away with a good polish on that as there's no obvious peeling.  You can get new bolts in chrome too including the main stem bolt that holds it to the shaft, I have one in chrome on my blue one 

[thebigdog]

sounds cool.............that pic was taken as soon as i got it so i could get it at its worst state,it has buffed up nicely,but still has some minor pitting.....bit like its been hit with sand granuals in places if you know what i mean   i think it will need redoing to get it back to its best...........ill have a look on yell.com tomorrow see if i can find anyone a bit closer...thanks for the heads up though

[phantom photon]

As above, you should get away with a good polish on that one 
Need to use some wet n dry or an oilstone to get rid of the pitting but it will come up a treat with a little effort.

[Waxintaxin]

Fook me is that a chrome one ?

if it is its the only one i have ever seen ??

and its an early square cornered one , very nice , do not wet and dry it as thats only for alloy
Peek , carefully with autosol as its a tad harsh, wonder chrome or silvo

should come up a treat

maybe re chrome the bolts but the stem should come up a treat

Rich

[dwain dibbly]

my pro neck was in a worse state than that
1 hour of sanding and polishing and...

[customparts]

some i prepared earlier

[DIRTBIKER250F]

I need a tuff neck if anyone cant be arsed to polish chrome or restore, just tinkle me a pm 

Paul

[jT Racing]

i love polishing alloy bits, but it takes a lot of the definition away on nice sharp edged square corner tuf necks. Get it chromed, it will be worth it in the end.

[gossa]

The guy in poole won't chrome alloy, not many chromers will.

There seems to be a bit of a mystery about chroming alloy.......

[harris]

chrome and alloy dont actually stick ,even thou we see it all over the place ,it will come of with weathering and scratching
i like the chrome on alloy but as you say they dont like doing it as people tent to complain when it goes wrong.

[gossa]

Well this is the mystery see, my chromer says he won't do it and how it's so bad but we've all got chromed araya's/ukais/dc calipers & clamps/suzue hubs that still have great chrome after 20 years. 

[harris]

jap chrome is was the best i was told and its not as good nowa days or something like that
my chap will do it ,but he always tries the no  line on me but he does it in they end

[MartyC]

chrome and alloy dont actually stick ,even thou we see it all over the place ,it will come of with weathering and scratching
i like the chrome on alloy but as you say they dont like doing it as people tent to complain when it goes wrong.

The alloy oxidises underneath the chrome and causes it to flake/peel.  Polishing alloy to chrome like finish is better.  Like Gossa says, most chromers won't chrome alloy; I was told it's really difficult to do and get consistent results plus the chemicals you need are really hard to get hold of and far worse for you than the stuff they use for chroming  .

[sawzall]

take it to a plater and get the chrome removed then polish it and will come up like chrome