It doesn't show up well in the pic I have above, but you can see at the top where it is all chrome (that's the underside of the bezel) in the side by side comparison.

 

If this works and looks good, count me in!!

Thanks for doing all the legwork on this.

 

Awesome!! Keep us posted on the results of your inquiry.

 

Just got back from The Chrome Dome. Their chroming process is not realy chrome nor is it paint. It is more of a white enamel base coat with a multi-stage, multi-chemical spray process, followed by a clear coat. It does look good, especially on smaller parts. This stuff is extremely flexible. They showed me a sample piece of thin blue plastic that they chromed and squeezed it until the plastic piece broke in half, yet the chrome finish did not crack , flake or peel.

If I remember correctly, they can change the color of the chrome by changing the base coat color and tinting the clear coat. The clear coat does have UV inhibitors in it and can give a slight blue cast to the white chrome, especialy on larger pieces. It is only noticable when you have 2 different pieces of chrome types side by side.

It looks as if they may have had small backlog of parts to chrome so they may want to chrome those parts next week. If they do end up chroming < I will run my bezel piece to them and have it chromed. They did say that the piece would be around $45.00 to chrome and would need the part for no more than a week.

They have had this process of chroming in their shop for around 10 months.

Of course they asked how many people from Club Lexus would be interested in having this done if all goes well. I could not give them an estimate and told them that everyone would probably be interested in seeng the end results before making that decision. They also asked about a group buy possibilitiy and told them that group buys were allowed through approved venders and left it at that since I am not of official rank within Club Lexus to make those decisions or representations.

 

o boy! that will be cool! i hope this works out!

 

Very good information to see.

Hopefulyl we can get a GB going depending on the finished product!

-Anthony

 

Yeah, I hope it works out as well!

There is no reason that we as a community shouldn't be able to get our da@n bezels the color we want and be happy!

 

I will be interested to see this pseudo-chrome finish to see how close it is to chrome.

 

Were you able to get any sample pics of their piece that broke? The finish sounds interesting.....

 

so whats up man when can i send mine?

 

yea me too!

 

Sorry, I did not get any photos of the broken plastic. I can tell you that the plastic was about as thick as a business card and was shaped like a large egg cut in half down its length. I examined the break very carfully along the edge and there was no seperation of their chrome from the plastic nor any cracking . Chrome was in good shape.

 

I am not running a group buy, nor am I selling for these guys. I am just reporting to the group what I have seen of their product from my visit with them. Feel free to contact them direct or through email. Here is their URL
http://www.thechromedome.com

If enough of you guys contact them and show interest, maybe they will start up their chroming process before they move. Money is a great motivator and I assume that they are in business to make money. They warranty their service and seemed real interested in satisfying their customers of this product (service). I know that I asked them to contact me when the knew that they were going to start chroming again and I would take them my part to chrome. They asked me to contact them if I had not heard from them by Wed 1/26/04.

It would be of interest to them to know a rough estimate of how many people are interested in having this done from CL. Maybe a moderator could start a pole?

Another aspect of this process that I thought was pretty interesting is that the chrome itself is transparent ( maybe translucent). That is why they have to have a colored base coat. That is why ithe base coat is white for white chrome. The can actually chrome fog lights lenses. They had a custom car that they blue chromed the outter fog light trim and the lenses were white chrome. The light would still project through the lense.

 

all of this and no pics!!! well im in

 

I was going to photograph my bezel once it was chromed. They do have photos of their chrome on their website. I would suggest looking at their site if you have not already.