100 Euro lights... help with rebuilding them..

[Wallace White]

I talked to one shop in southern CA that advertises vacuum metalizing.
Yes, they can do headlight reflectors, but they have a $220 minimum
order, and they haven't replied on how many reflectors you could squeeze
in for that minimum.

- Wallace
  '87 5kcstq 179k

Tom Nas wrote:
>
> Dave C <conner at cfm.ohio-state.edu> wrote:
>
> >I remembered you had found D&D that way, so I checked Hemmings to see if I
> >had a misprint on the phone number.  I didn't find any companies listed
> >that offer this service.  I checked with a local shop that refinishes metal
> >objects, makes bronze baby shoes, etc.  They could not offer any
> >suggestions.  They said no U.S. based facilities can do chrome plating
> >anymore due to environmental regulations.  Maybe vacuum metalizing was
> >affeceted by the same regs.?
>
> Could well be, same problems here in Holland.
> I was interested in seeing how much it would cost to replace the
> reflectors... assuming nothing else needs replacing, the reflectors are Dfl
> 175 each ($70, roughly). Dunno how rmuch replating would cost.
>
> Tom