Can't decide

[canecorso]

I went to the motocycle show found one guy that said he can do my JARDINE exhaust and headers over in Chrome, I said I was told no one will do used pipes and he said because it too much work cleaning out the baths, but he will do for $800.00. Or ceramic coat them for $600.00.
Does that sound fair?

Another guy just does ceramic coat and said he will do my pipes and headers for $300.00, not sure why the other guy to do ceramic coat is double, is there such a thing of a good job and a cheap job of ceramic coating?

I herd of cheap chrome jobs only being dipped once and a nicer job being dip 2 0r 3 times is that the same as ceramic coating?

Trying to decide if I should just stick to doing chrome again? Or just do the black or dark grey ceramic?

And if I ceramic should I just re-do all my acceries all in black?
What will be better with my orange?
Stay with chrome?
Or a different look black or dark grey?
The reason I want to do them all over wife was woundering why her feet was gettin how and melted her boots all over me trying to get it off scratched then and up and made some part dull by wet shading them.

 

[canecorso]

Does any one have videos of them taking off The Jardine Exhause?
As well as installing them?
My headers has the exhaust tap on them, debaiting to take the headers off and ceramic coat them just depending how hard they are to take off and put them back on?
And I think you need to seal them?
Or I just might save the trouble and save the money and just take off the two exhaust and have them chromed since they have the most scratches on.
Any pictures would help as well.

 

[Mittzy]

My Jardines cost $450AUD to Ceramic Coat - A good job.
You can get real crap coating done out there - its always good to see if you can see some of their work previously done - google for feedback etc.

 

[Claviger]

Cost difference is probably part materials, cheap vs good ceramics, stripping, chemical bath vs a quick media blast, and application process.

Ceramics can be terrible or wonderful, pay for the best work you can find.

 

[canecorso]

I'm going to get my exhaust Chromed and all my heat shields, and ceramic coat my headers so I don't need to put on the exhaust tap back on.
I assume there's good and bad Chrome jobs as well, the more you dip the better the job?
Does any one have any pictures or video's of them taking the Jardines off and installing them?

 

[canecorso]

Mittzy, looks nice do you have a side view?

 

[canecorso]

I was talking to the guy that does the chrome parts and he said he does the chroming proper, that he nickle plats it first then he chromes it?
I want to chrome the two platic peices that goes in front of tank covering the neck of the frame , he said he cant chrome plastic that it will melt?
He said he can paint it but will not look as good as the chrome.
I dont get it a lot of bike have platic parts on then and there chromed and look just like chrome, how is that done?

 

[Idaho Red Rocket 3]

Chroming plastic depends on the type of plastic. You will notice that chromed plastics are hard and relatively stiff. Chrome on the soft rubbery plastic of the headstock shield would probably not hold up over time as well.

 

[Ishrub]

Yeah, I was really surprised the radiator shrouds are real chrome on plastic. Somehow they get a copper coat on the plastic that the chrome sticks to.

 

[canecorso]

This is heavy plastic that goes around the neck of frame, and wasn't even thinking that the radiator covers are plastic, if they can be caromed why can't this be chromed ?
Is it a different process, that I just need to find the right guy to do it?
This guy said he first dips it in nickel then dips it in chrome twice he said the plastic will melt.
So how do they chrome other plastics on bikes?