Chrome issue

cdhe · Post by **cdhe** » Mon Feb 22, 2016 3:49 pm

I sent my fenders to Denver Bumper (who have since closed their doors) for re-chroming a couple of years back, and I am finally far enough along to mount them. They removed the front struts to get the job done, so I am just finding out that their process radically flattened out the fender's radius. Is anyone out there familiar with this sort of problem? Will stripping de-stress the piece? Thank you!

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G-Man · Post by **G-Man** » Tue Feb 23, 2016 1:01 pm

Interesting problem. It may have been the chroming or the polishing that did that. I don't think that stripping would help. You might be able coax the fender back into the correct shape by pulling it around a former with a ratchet strap or similar.

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