Chrome I beams-anyone everhad problems?

First of all I would like to thank everyone for taking the time to respond to this post-it has certainly given me lots of food for thought!!!
When I said earlier that I am building a car "true to a certain look,and never mind the rules" I didnt mean "I want to build a chrome laiden death trap,and to hell with safety"
I am fully aware of the guidelines set out by vicroads,and also of what is required by some engineers for a vehicle to p*** registration in this state.
By no means am I saying I agree with all of these rules,go to any rod run and im sure you will see many cars that dont comply-but as long as the vehicle is well built,safe and used in a responsible manner-whats the problem???
Anyone who knows my previous cars will know I love 60s style rides,and to me,that means chrome a plenty!!
That being said-of course I want it to be safe!!!
After considering all the information that you all have shared,and talking to my plater today-who by the way suggested having it de-stressed just to be sure-Im going with the chrome!
This all may sound contradictory to the point being made-but this rod is something I have wanted to build for many years,and it needs to have a certain "look".
I dont want to drive an unsafe car any more than you want to follow one-but as someone said earlier-if this was an issue-wouldnt there be all sorts of warnings?
Maybe I should have asked "how many totally stock components on your car have ever broken???

 

I wonder why they call it destressed?
I'd think that would imply a structural problem.
I'm not being funny, I just never heard it before.
What I was taught about the hydrogen embrittlement was that during the plating process Hydrogen Molecules migrate into the steel, not that they do any damage just that they cause it to become brittle in substance. The baking process then excites the molecules and drives the hydrogen out of suspension.
If I remember right, when steel rusts, the same process takes place. When the iron binds with oxygen the free hydrogen migrates into the matrix. I know for a fact rust makes the steel brittle far down into the metal where there is no rust. I'm just guessing from memory that it's the hydrogen like with plating.

From what I've read a proper baking drives the hydrogen out leaving the steel or iron same as before. But I think it was more than 200 degrees and took a long time. I remember it being said that most chrome shops didn't do it right like going through the motions or not at all.

I'm no authority on it , that's just what I heard about it.

 

I have contacted an industrial metal company that does stress relieving,shot peening,load testing etc.As soon as I know more-I will post it!!

 

Here is some good info on stress relieving, normalising and annealing metals and the effects on the metals. Good luck, GB.

http://www.heat.com.au/treat-stress-relieving.htm

 

OK-spoke to a guy at the place that did all the suspension components for the resto on the "Shaker" funny car today.
Pretty much everything on that car is plated,and he told me once the parts have gone through there process,it restores the parts hydrogen content.
They will also supply a certification that the part has been treated,and has its integrity back.
The process does not harm the plating in any way,and even if it was done at the time of plating,it doesnt hurt to do it again!
All this for $60!!!
Worth every penny!!!!

 

Pretty damn tough! huh? I'd hate to see the suspension of a late model with stamped sheet metal control arms that sustained the same forces. This comes up every year or so and there never seems to be a rash of broken axles. The way people whine today, if it were a problem, there would be piles of posts with do***entation. Life is hazardous. Hotrodding is more dangerous than stamp or coin collecting.

 

Now that's some good stuff....