I got my headlight stands back today. A pal that does custom gunwork layed some Nickle on them. I am a cheapskate, I traded a 12 of Miller for the job.
I do a lot of nickle on my motorcycles, i think it looks better than chrome......a "warmer" look if you will. by the way, metal is weakened by chroming.....not so with nickle. CT.
I tried Nickle plating on some of my car parts,It dulls very soon and you must keep after it.Other than that If you don't mind polishing it every 3 to 5 days I guess its fine--TV
How does nickel hold up to corrosion? Just wondering since nickel is one of the stages when getting something chromed.
i had a motorcycle frame nickel plated... thing was on the road every day, rain or shine, for a few years... never tarnished any more than some windex and a paper towel would clean. Love the warm coloring of it... BTW, i had a bunch of small parts done by a friend's dad... at home. Not sure what the hell he did, much less what the process of nickel plating is... but dosent seem to be something that a home-shop would be able to do. None the less, he did it... What is the process, out of curiosity?
Root, I look at it this way. How many Nickel plated revolvers got beat up dialy in holsters and still look good? BTW, these are the stands I made from Dodge truck upper shock mts and parts froma Model A headlight bar.
Very nice Tman. A little thinking outside the box as far as components go. Just takes an eye I guess. Anyhoo ... got a pic of them installed or at the least mocked up?
Yea, Tman, I'd like to see a shot of them mocked up too. At least bolted to the frame. They look tits.
I have an old pic of them on a frame before I had them plated. I will post a new pic this weekend, I just need to weld the DOM into my frame for these and my wishbones and I will have a roller!
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