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Can GP/SX style headlight rims that are pitted be stripped and rechromed and look okay?
I've got a few and wondered if they can be saved (so I don't have to buy remade crap that doesn't fit)

Absolutely. I had a couple of headlight rims done recently and they look excellent.

Had one of mine that fits perfectly done at a place nearby recently, charged me a tenner and looks better than when it was new

quality chrome sent mine back.... said it was to pitted

RICSPEED wrote:quality chrome sent mine back.... said it was to pitted

..I will have a word ..must have been poor Ric..can you get it filled with ally weld and ground back down..

Lam46 wrote:

RICSPEED wrote:quality chrome sent mine back.... said it was to pitted

..I will have a word ..must have been poor Ric..can you get it filled with ally weld and ground back down..

i had it powder coated black in the end but i do have a spare italian one that need redoing

So any advice on a good place to get it done? (Obviously not Quality chrome)

Just done a quick search and I came across these people. They might be worth having a look at.

http://www.chromeplaters.co.uk/

Once the rim is pitted the only way to get a decent finish for the chroming is to polish the pits out, and there is a limit how far you can go with the polishing, and its not very far,if its very pitted its definitley a no go.

http://www.chrome-platers.com/about_us.html

Just had a positive reply from this company in Nottingham who do Lambretta parts. So that might be of interest to anybody up that way.