Chroming Magnesium Rims? Anyone Done It?

valentinesr

Some of the earlier rims are either all magnesium or split with a steel hoop and magnesium center.. Im looking at chroming a set soon. My question is, I want to chrome the steel hooped set & magnesium centered rims..

Q1)Can this be done by any chrome shop.. or is there a specific talent that has to approach this??

Q2)Would these have to be taken apart from the rivets to do so? Or is it okay to just do the whole rim as is?

Thanks in advance fellas..
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john7 · Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 2:29 pm Post subject:

You cannot chrome magnesium.
well you can but it will turn to crap pretty quick
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valentinesr · Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 10:44 pm Post subject:

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restojohnny · Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2011 8:10 am Post subject:

Those are original empi rader wheels and the center's are aluminum. I think it would be best to let us know what wheel you are dealing with first then we can determine if those wheel's you chose to use can be chromed. You can chrome magnesium hell they chrome plastic Wink

You can't chrome all magnesium wheels such as original brm's as they are tooo porous but you can chrome an empi 5 spoke 2 peice wheel and the back's of those are magnesium it's been done already Wink

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valentinesr · Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2011 8:18 am Post subject:

Im looking at rims that are like the ones in the picture.. I was told by the seller that they were magnesium.. How did Mr. Dave M get that look on them? Thats what I want to run with..
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restojohnny · Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2011 8:25 am Post subject:

Those are Original empi rader wheels and there's not alot of people that can re-rivet them back together most people when putting them back together will use bolts but it's very expensive to get them re-done. The center's on them are aluminum so chroming them is not a big deal the problem is getting the right shop to put them back together so that they are safe to use again after the chroming has been done. No one like's to be rolling down the road and your wheel fall's apart on ya Shocked

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xilly · Samba Member Joined: May 19, 2005 Posts: 171 Location: USA

Anyone knows a shop that can do the job?

I'm want to rechrome my Radar and I did not realized that you have to separated he outer ring

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kafer60 · Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2011 1:18 pm Post subject: Chroming empi

Here is before picture of my empi 5 spoke, 2 piece rims

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and here is the after

So I don't know about real mags...... But take it to a rechroming shop and ask them, google chromers.
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vaughn bros. · Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2011 2:40 pm Post subject:

Google "Eric Vaughn , Magnesium Wheels". He is doing my magnesium wheels this winter. I get checked for cracks, pores, and DOW coated. His service of doing polished magnesium wheels look far BETTER than chrome. Its just a shit load of work keeping them polished.

I would be afraid of chrome plated magnesium wheels but I'm no scientist.

Thornton · Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2011 2:43 pm Post subject:

Those were my old Empi raders

they are NOT magnesium. They are aluminum with steel outer hoops

David Mayes separated the rims and had the hoops redone, then refinished the wheels themselves

David actually did not do the work himself, he had a really good machinist friend who removed the original rivets that held the rims together. When he reassembled them he put a steel threaded insert where the rivet was once located, then bolted them back together like modern 3PC wheels you see today
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