Cost Of Rechroming A Stepdown Bumper?

This summer I had a '52 front plus the 4 grille pieces for $610. I had the rear 3 pieces done for $375 and the Horse collar for $120. I bought three NOS or replated large guards from Duluey at Doc's for about $180?? I had an NOS front horse collar that I bought at Hershey the other year for $200. I like to buy NOS, Prepare and send good cores that I repair myself, or SEE the item before buying. I had a BAD experience trying to buy a replated item for a hudson on Ebay. (off a frequent Hudson seller) Sounds like Russ's price guidelines are right on the $$$$$. If you're not happy with the piece, it is no bargain, no matter how good the deal!

Hudsonkid,



I think you covered all the bases really well. Problems ranging from those with chromed parts to a guy who walked off with someone elses carb are well known to the regulars here. I've leared my lesson with rechroming and take good cores to a local shop. Should there ever be a question or problem, I can deal with them head on, face to face with the owner. And, I know what the quality of the cores I'm taking in is so that I don't wind up with mangled, patched up crap someone is hawking to make a fast buck.



I too have heard many horror stories from people who dealt with B Boys. At last years Iola car show, their rep almost got his butt kicked by some irrate customers who were in attendence.

41 hud wrote:

Anyone ever deal with Bumper Boyz? I know there located in California but travel to all the big swap meets. They have the bumpers and guards I need for my 41 hudson at what I thought was a reasonable cost. [Under 1,000 for everything]The car is going to be a driver, not a museum car, so i'm not looking for show chrome.



Jim

AS a matter of fact, I have a recent experience with BB. I have a 40 chevy business coupe that I bought 2 years ago. It had a decent grille that was bumped a good wack in the center bending several of the 18 curved sheet metal bars. I spent about 6 hours straightening it but still have 2 bars with a slight twist. I can probably get it straight with a couple more jigs and forms and anothe 4-5 hours. The core is pretty nice otherwise. I've searched Hershey and Carlisle for a couple years and found no suitable cores. Lots of 41's cheap and only bent or rotted 40's. "Chevy's of the 40's" have a laser cut grille for around $600 but it looks crummy. In May I ordered a 40 grille from bumper boyz figuring they would be able to find nice california cores. (Everyone including BB tells me they are a difficult year to find a good core) They promised it for Chryslers at Carilse in early July and charged my card for $300. (Total price was $600 plus other fees for $653 total). I got a call right before CC and they said it wasn't done, still at the platers. They promised it would definitely be at Corvettes at Carlisle. I went to Corvettes at the end of August and they didn't have it. Still at the platers. I wasn't happy but they promised it for Fall Carlisle in October. The called two weeks before FC and said it was done. Something like $80 to ship. I told them I'd pick it up at FC and I did. The grill is very nice and the core was a good one. BB, on they're new price list now have 40 Chevy grilles at $750. BB, like a lot of platers that do large volumes of business have their share of disatisfied customers. I observed several unpleasant interactions happening at the stand at Fall Carlisle. If you check the forums, you'll easily find post from disatisified customers. Their prices are on the higher side also for Hudson stuff. I think for the most part the quality of their stuff is good, but the service and communications that I experienced with this one transaction was not what I expected. (I did not trade a core which increased the price to the $600)