My front and rear bumper's were $1200.00. The quarter window and front frame's i would have to dig to find that,but that could be close to what mine were. The bucket seat surround chrome was $450.00 for the pair.
I agree with you only on what you do with your vehicle's. You buy and sell a lot as by seeing your avatar's, so yeah i can see your investment side of it. I don't plan on selling my car , it's all paid for. I don't owe a dime on it, so if i put something on i am not happy with, i will have to look at it, and get pissed off every time i see it.Sometimes you need to stand back a bit and reevaluate the project. Many of these prices are absurd, are you restoring a Z11?, an orig 409 car?, not even an SS?. Being buried in debt in a car that will be worth 1/2 the amount of the restoration is not something I care to do. Maybe sometimes those Chinese repop bumpers are the way to go. Just a thought.
You are wrong , you will see it!!!!!I wish they repro the window frames and front posts. I hate to put that kind of money into something nobody will even notice. Now bumpers are a big part of the car and probably worth the extra effort.
I am almost sure that I had my pot metal vent window frames done by Performance Plating in Olathe, Kansas for under/or at $ 300 for a pair. plus shipping.
These pot metal outside vent window frames are the ones in the pictures I posted above.
http://www.performanceplating.com/ContactUs.aspx
Paul
You are wrong , you will see it!!!!!
I finally checked out this site but they want the parts in person to give a quote. Too much of a gamble for me.
No i am saying if you did not intend to replace at all ,leave bad pot metal on there. Not bad mouthing repro stuff, some of that stuff look's good, which i have purchased also ,like the front window assembly's, i was very happy with them ,other than switching the sloppy roller channel.Yeah but I have a bad memory, I'd forget they are repro within no time.
You are absolutely correct Mike!!!!!All pot metal will have pits. You can take a pristine, new piece, strip it and there will be numerous pits. Costly, time consuming process to make it perfect. Some shops don't care what the finished piece looks like, some think they deserve the wages of a brain surgeon. Finding that one in the middle is the difficult part.
Bob....I have used Performance Plating for 25 years. I'm sure I gave Paul their name. I've trusted them with all my chrome all this time. Potmetal is tough to quote because of the lack of pits...or too many pits...which is the pits!!!!
Send me your vent window frames. I will take them down to Buck, have him look at them...see if I can get any better price (normally I don't ask because I feel that I've always gotten their best price), and I will get back with you. It's a family business...Dad, Mom and son and now maybe a helper. I feel I know Buck very well....he's told me about what EPA and every agency is doing to him on disposal costs...it's prohibitive!!
Hope this helps.
Phil