Has anyone seen interceptors fully chromed?

[v8superlegend]

i am going to do mine but im wondering how it would look...

[sweefu]

I've stripped mine back to bare metal, but haven't polished them yet i rekon it would look great.

[redrags]

good thank you bye

[GetToDaChopa]

It will look very shiney

but in a way it should look pretty cool.

[kane88]

I've seen a set chromed and they just looked wrong.
But personal preference and all that ...

[r_i_d_a_h]

i'd imagine they would look really tacky. Just like any other chrome wheels on the market.

Nice lick of fresh silver/hyper-silver would look sweet.

Thats just my opinion.

[VjamesY]

Its a good idea man, Ive always thought of it...

But after polishing or getting them chromed (probably costly) realistically in the end of the day their still stockies...

Why not go some of those old school/drag style wheels that you see on some muscles cars. They are chrome and look similar to stockies.

Something like these..

http://www.bogartracingwheels.com/wheels/impsavoy.jpg

It would look very different and tough

just an idea

[bandidoben]

i spose in a way it wouldnt look much different to the 12 slotter wheels ford made just with differnt shape holes?

all down to personal preference if you want the chrome look but also only want stockies why not?
post some pics when/if you do it i would love to see what they look like!

[soop]

Seen a guy with those 17" hilux wheels on a VN.
They'd been modded to fit though. They didnt look too bad actually.

[fkford]

chrome isnt my cup of tea but would love to see it.

Iv always thought interceptors that are bored out to 18 x 8 inches would look amazing.. would cost a fortune though

[wraith]

Do what I did. 5 bucks of silver spray paint. Looks great.

[soop]

I seen a set of polished interceptors today on a VR SS. Looked pretty tough actually.

[Tsunamix]

Be careful. Chroming is actually a thermal and chemical process, not just a coating and may damage the ability of your wheels to handle loads. Especially since interceptors are usually Mild Steel. On top of that, The chroming if it is ever damaged, will cause Dissimilair metal corrosion. Because Chrome coating is metallic, and the wheels are a different metal, they will both shed static electricity at a different rate. Chrome being more reactive, will shed faster. Any electrons picked up by the whole wheel, will be shed from the chrome coating, starting at the very first point of damage.

This happens any time you put 2 different metals together.

This is the principle they use in cathodic rust protection. A highly reactive metal is bolted to a less reactive one, and the highly reactive one corrodes first, protecting the less corrosive one. Sometimes called a sacrifical Anode, often a lump of magnesium. You see them bolted on the keels of boats all the time.

On top of that, some Cowboy Chromers (Delta Galvanisers anyone ?) blow holes in things so they can hang them in the dip tanks. I sent a set of banister rails in for Chroming once and got them back bowed, with holes blown in with an oxy torch. Tools.

I wouldn't do it. Get anon corrosive set of wheels like magnesium alloy