Killer Chrome

[bake315]

Anybody tried this stuff?  I've been searching for a way to re-chrome the dash bezel inlays, and this stuff seems like it would work.  I got to thinking about it after watching Inside West Coast Customs when they "chromed" an Audi A8.

http://www.alsacorp.com/live/view_killerchrome.html

Whole kit runs $115 plus shipping.

[HAULIN IT]

I've played with House of Colors "Spray Chrome" a couple times. It would work well for things like the dash bezels, int. trim, ect. What I found was the more curves, grooves, pockets, ect. the better & more realistic it looks. It is VERY difficult to get a large flat area (more than a foot or so) to look close to perfect...The "Silver" is VERY transperent & smudges or even static, ect. are magnafied as darker areas & can ruin a nice piece. These problems show up much less on the smaller or highlighted items like you are thinking about.
Here is a bumper I did for my truck a few years back. Being big & flat, it really didn't look so much like chrome, however the effect was really nice...it looked more like polished Aluminum or Stainless to me. It sure beat the dull & rusty Gray that it was before painting it. Lorne
 

[bake315]

That's not bad looking at all!  Yeah, if this stuff does the trick I'll use it to recondition the rings in the bezel, as well as all the A/C diffusers.  The cost of the product versus the replacement of the parts seems to be well worth it, plus I may use it to re-do the bezels on a couple of old SSB/CB radios I have.

I even thought of "chroming" the entire dash bezel, but that'd prolly just look ridiculous.

[bake315]

Just following up again with this thread on a different product by the same manufacturer.  It's a pre-painted vinyl film like you see on a lot of cars, but makes them look very much like chrome, and you can do a candy clear over them.  They also have a thermo-formable product, which I think would work just about perfect for replacing an old woodgrain bezel overlay.  Possibilities abound!

Stretch Chrome
http://alsacorp.com/strechchrome/showcase.html

Formable Chrome
http://www.alsacorp.com/products/formablechrome/formablechrome_show.htm

[Skunksmash]

I don't know man. What the guy did in the video that you linked to... it looked a little dull. Like it was already old or something.

[VileZambonie]

http://www.sprayonchrome.com/index2.html