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Marion
July 18th, 2013, 01:15 PM
Curious if anyone has used http://www.restorationchrome.com/ for any chrome restorations. They are located in Mead, Wa near Spokane.

I noticed the price for fixing and re chrome 64-65 falcon bumpers is 350 each.
pbrown
July 18th, 2013, 08:06 PM
Check with Art Brass Plating. They also have a flat rate for straightening and chroming bumpers. I think I paid about $350 each for mine.

I have no experience with Restoration Chrome.
dhbfaster
May 4th, 2014, 11:14 PM
Getting all my chrome ready to take down to Art Brass.
Is there a secret to taking the post out of the door handle button? Or is the whole assembly plated together?
Same for the outside door lock...do I take in the entire assembly?
Jeff W
May 5th, 2014, 10:17 AM
Getting all my chrome ready to take down to Art Brass.
Is there a secret to taking the post out of the door handle button? Or is the whole assembly plated together?
Same for the outside door lock...do I take in the entire assembly?


I don't think you can remove the post from the button.

I believe the door lock base and flap are stainless so would just need a polish and not chrome plating. The posts on the flaps are kind of delicate so I would be careful when you hit them with the buffing wheel.
falcon cobra
May 6th, 2014, 12:55 PM
do you mean the button you push with your thum ? yes it comes out, once it's off the car you will see. for one thing there is a o ring in there. the lock is stainless like jeff said....jh
Luva65wagon
May 7th, 2014, 01:39 PM
Getting all my chrome ready to take down to Art Brass.
Is there a secret to taking the post out of the door handle button? Or is the whole assembly plated together?
Same for the outside door lock...do I take in the entire assembly?

I meant to post this the other day, and it slipped my noggin... you may want to opt for new door handles, etc, rather than the expense of rechroming them. I did a little tutorial on this a couple years ago:

http://www.rainierfalcons.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1743
dhbfaster
May 9th, 2014, 09:00 PM
Yikes, rechroming them is expensive.
Thanks for the info Roger. Interesting- my front ones have the S shaped posts, like in this link:
http://www.falconparts.com/ford-falcon-auto-parts/pc/Outside-Door-Handles-d22.htm
My back ones have the straight post.