TILTED wrote:
Not to hijack but an FYI for anyone else in the market. I just got off the phone with Denver Bumper and they quoted me $150 to rechrome my rear bumper. The do high quality work, back in the day I thought they were to expensive, but now it seems pretty reasonable. I know what I am taking on my next trip to Denver!
http://denverbumper.com/index.htmlNot a hijack at all. Ask what each shops process is. From what I found, a lower price meant that a place would spend less time on repairing small pits, tears, dents, etc, less time/or no time in copper, and less time/or no time doing polishing/finish work between dips in material. Some places will even dip in copper twice, doing solder work after the first dip to get better adhesion, then polishing and dipping again for several hours. My point is, the process seems too subjective to say a bumper will cost $X without seeing it, hearing what the owner wants it to look like, and then calculating all the extra labor and material beyond a simple nickel and chrome bath.
The number of shops in Oregon seems low, so maybe they can get away with longer wait times and higher prices. I really hated the idea of having to ship it out to someone I couldn't hold accountable if I needed to.
All that said, I'm definitely interested to hear how your experience with Denver Chrome goes. Thanks.