FORK RE-CHROMING?

[stirlinggaz]

hi all,
im looking to get a pair of fork legs re-chromed as i cant find a 2nd hand set & current ones are pitted beyond saving.
doesnt seem to be anywhere around here. (im in Stirling, central Scotland) so im looking for someone who could do it mail order & as cheaply as possible of course,lol

any recommendations? & what sort of prices are we talking about?

cheers,
GAZ

[mudcow007]

there is a place we use in London to do all our chroming

i will speak to them monday an get a price, they a normally uber cheap

[Teflon-Mike]

I researched it, two-three years back for Snowie's Pup. There's probably four or five places in the UK that offer fork re-chroming. Has to be ground 'hard-chrome' a slightly different process to show-plating. Prices were much of a much the same for basic plate & grind, around £150, a pair.

Almost a fixed price irrespective of make, model or type of bike; cost in the job is the man-hours and setting up, so how thick the tubes or how long made no odds to the price, and doing a pair of legs for a 125 Super-Dream was as expensive as for a Super-Blackbird.

Usually cheaper to buy New if stancions available; and safer, as theres assurance that legs aren't stressed or bent, and no possibility that when De-Chromed, the old fork tubes will have any irregularities that strop them being re-chromed, or the process failing.

Aprently the yeild on rechrome, ie the % of old forks that can successfully be reconditioned is fairly high, but its not 100%; of chrome has gone and steel tube underneath is too badly rusted, or peeneed from stone strike or whatever, they cant be salvaged.

New OE; New Old Stock; Better Second hand; are three alternatives best bottomed out before ecconomics of re-chrome is worth it
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[andys675]

www.pittedforks.co.uk/

www.fitforx.co.uk
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[Ed Case]

You don't say what bike you have, presumably a Jap, give Wemoto a ring you could well find that it's cheaper to buy two new stanchions than it is to have yours re-chromed. Seven years ago Philpotts did a pair of Marzocchi 42mm ones for me and then it cost £130 including courier each way.....a terrific job mind you.

[Ichy]

Yeah I've used Philpots a couple of times. Never had a problem with their work. Collection and delivery was efficient. It is getting expensive though, around £165, so well worth looking for replacements.

Sickpup put me onto a place that made stanchions but I can't remember their name? Pretty good chance it was ABE https://www.allbikeengineering.co.uk/
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[Casper]

https://www.adplaters.com/index.php Arbroath

Cant find a web site but there is one in Cumbernauld called Fab-Chrome

https://www.applegate.co.uk/engineering/fab-chrome-business-activities-1199269.htm

[stirlinggaz]

hi,
thanks for all the tips.
looking like re-chroming will be more expensive than buying new legs, seeing as its 70 quid a side,
cheers,
GAZ

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[BanditsHigh]

Well I got a set of fork legs for my GSX1400 last year from ABE (All Bike Engineering) ... excellent service ... just a pity that the chrome seems to be pish!!

Less than a year old they are already pitted from riding through the winter!!

https://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b9/BanditsHigh/2013-04-30105447_zps53df186b.jpg

[Hetzer]

Jesus. What did they chrome them with, silver poster-paint?
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[magicman-alex]

I had a pair done last year at pittedforks.co.uk

They straighten your stanchions and then re-chrome them. The chrome they put on is stronger than the standard chrome that comes on Honda stanchions. It's also a bit duller, so they come back stronger, but looking less shiny (which wasn't a concern to be honest).

Happy with the end result, however, the process took a lot longer than the 3 weeks quoted.

I would use them again though.

[cb1rocket]

I got a set done for my cb1 years ago after an off and to be honest just like BanditsHigh said they started pitting again. Not great at all, quality has a lot to desire
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