Quality plating shops?
 

Besides Advance and Paul's, what else is out there comparable but a little more affordable? I have 3 customer cars needing bumpers and other misc custom plating done, and while they will pay for quality, they don't want to spend anywhere near $1k a bumper.

I am in Tennessee and most everyone talks about Adance but there is also another business called S&H Chrome Plating and Powder. Address is:

817 Madison Industrial Rd.
Madison, TN 37115
(615) 865-0100

This business is in the Nashville area. I am not to the point of restoring my chrome so I have not done my homework on local chrome shops and do not know anything about S&H. I see S&H at some of the car shows here in the area.

Thanks.

I used these guys in south Dallas. Not on the same level as Advanced but they only charged me $250 for each of the bumpers on my 69 Firebird and they both needed straightening. I would recommend that you blast the backs of the bumpers if they are rusty since they didn't do it on mine. They turned them around in a week.

If you are considering them I recommend you get them to do a test bumper to make sure you are happy with their quality since my build is nowhere near show quality.

http://www.bestbumper.com/

Sherms in Sac CA, but they are expensive too.... they quoted me about $1k a bumper and that was after $250 to straighten them out.

Wow! I was planning on having my factory bumpers rechromed. Having heard of Advanced and since they were within driving distance that's who I assumed I would use. I had no idea that it was costing $1k to have that done :faint: . Guess I better look at other options. I'll for sure be interested in what you guys find out.

John

that is who we use. and the do quality work, they will stand behind their work too. we buy/send a lot of bumpers from them. anything from urethane to chrome..