Michael,

I painted the bumpers, and they have been in storage while I finish the car-in a protected environment the Glisten has held up just like the day I painted it. I fully expect it to perform just as well when the bumpers are on the car, and they are exposed to the weather. Using everything was easy-just like painting any other part of the car-except I used a brush!

You do lose a little of the "Blue" of the chrome, but it is only noticeable(to me anyway) when there is a direct side by side check-at one foot, it is not noticeable.

Will

Thanks Will 0-

Michael

I just had the ones for my 72 done from a motorcycle shop herein PA who send them to New Jersey. They ran me $800 with 4 nice guards being done. They were a decent set of originals, one suggestion I have is make sure you are not replating some repro ones which are like reynolds wrap. I coat the backside with Por to keep them from rusting. Plating is very dificult science to the untrained eye, since they are all shinny when you get them back. Z bumpers never had great metal so you need to find a shop who can work out the imperfections during the copper part of the process. I had Pauls chrome in PA do some for my 70 AMX and they lost a rare part and claimed they never had it even though we included a drawing and list of parts in the box and they signed it and faxed it back. Keep this in mind if you send parts out.

two sets of hubcaps

Hi Chris - I thought the hubcaps were stainless steel? Or are you just looking to get a better finish??

The chrome plating sounds expensive. The rear bumpers on both of Zs are in good shape and only need some polishing. The front bumpers aren't bad, but have some small dings in them. Is there any way to take the small dings out without damaging the chrome?