smoothie SRI
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Did any one find out the price for doing chrome plating on a set of calipers
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Greg_M
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whats the point
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Jamie
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Bling?
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Greg_M
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but are people actually going to take any notice, whens the last time you saw a show car and thought
DAM THOSE ARE SOME NICE BREAK CALIPERS!
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stuyw
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ask claire richardson as she has some 
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Ian
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I was with Claire for a short time while she was talking to the bloke, he's up for group discount if we can get a few people on for it.
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R Lee
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quote:
Originally posted by Greg12v
whats the point
its a nice touch 
the results were pretty good imo
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Rob_Quads
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quote:
Originally posted by Greg12v
but are people actually going to take any notice, whens the last time you saw a show car and thought
DAM THOSE ARE SOME NICE BREAK CALIPERS!
Its touches like that, that IMO make difference. Now it take more than just bodywork to stand out as the modifiying world has got much much more popular in recent years. You go to a show now and you see a car with mad bodywork, subtle bodywork... its all been seen before so you need to do other things to be different and stand out. The small touches are the things that will make a car stand out from a row modified cars.
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Claire Richardson
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If you're interested in having your calipers chromed, you need to get intouch with Kelvin for a price.
I'm not sure what he's charging for what cause I had my front V6 done and the rear conversion Astra ones done too. It depends on what you're wanting chroming (anything metal so you can get a bling bling engine bay too!!)
kelvin@minichrome.co.uk
or ring him on 01662 813815
He specialised in mini parts to start off with, but he's broadening the network now.
One thing that has been learnt through experience is the condition of the caliper (or metal) you want chroming.
Instead of taking mine off the car and sending them to be done, I went to the scrap yard and bought a set. They were quite rusty with the weather, but I thought they would come up in the chroming process.
Unfortunatley, the finish wasnt smooth all round becaue of this. Not fault of Kelvins, just the state of the material he had to work with.
So what he wants now is either new or working parts i.e ones that are on the car, to obtain a flawless finish.
I'll be getting some engine bay bits done too at some point 
As for 'will anybody notice' or the thought'DAM THOSE ARE NICE CALIPERS' Greg, when was the last time you saw a show car with chrome calipers?
Probably not until now because it isnt a mod thats turned popular yet. Its like any mod really. If it catches on and is liked, then people will get them done.
Amittedly, calipers arent in a position to be noticed first off, but with many show cars, they have a spec sheet and these are for the purpose of informing people of the mods involved.
Unfortunately Cossvaux only had time to concetrate on making sure the engine bay/conversion was done in time and didnt get chance to fit the calipers.
I took a set with me to the show tho, and they attracted quite a bit of attention.
They are part of my spec sheet and when they are fitted, I'll probably take a picture of them and incorporate it in the spec. Thus drawing peoples attention to them.
As Rob says, its the small things that make the difference
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