Here's a link to a set of Mk1 MX5 Chrome door mirrors......
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Door-wing-Mirro ... 25814ac928
Interesting door mirror option - Chrome...
- Southernboy
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Re: Interesting door mirror option - Chrome...
Has anyone ever checked out the price for a set of Z8 mirrors? They're the same as Z3 mirrors only finished in chrome.
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Re: Interesting door mirror option - Chrome...
The guy that makes up my clear headlight indicator lenses here also does chrome on plastic... I'll ask him what his price is to do the coating... might be cheaper..
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Re: Interesting door mirror option - Chrome...
........Spoke to the "chroming guy".....he reckons £ 50 for a set of Z3 door mirrors. He uses the new "chemical" type chroming system ie. not electroplating. Perhaps someone there can look into this as a local option for those who might like the chrome look ??
http://customcreationpaints.co.uk/spray-on-chrome
http://customcreationpaints.co.uk/spray-on-chrome
Re: Interesting door mirror option - Chrome...
Then there is the option of "wrapping" or the new option of " Hydro coating" I have no idea of costs but either is an alternative to "plating".
"Knowledge and experience are not always the same"
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Re: Interesting door mirror option - Chrome...
...Hydro-coating is the "chemical" process... the link I posted above will take you to the website of a DIY kit to do just that...
Re: Interesting door mirror option - Chrome...
Hydro coating is the application of a "transfer" the way I understand it?
"Knowledge and experience are not always the same"
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Re: Interesting door mirror option - Chrome...
..maybe I'm confused. I am referring to the sprayed on liquid method of silver coating which is then clear coated to give a chrome / mirror finish...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Up_CLJXRyaM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Up_CLJXRyaM