A guy at the tire shop chipped a piece of chrome off of my stock (chromed) FD wheels. It is about a 1/2" square section at the lip of the rim. The tire shop has offered to have the rim stripped and re-chromed. I am wondering if anyone knows if this process can weaken the wheel?

Thanks in advance for any useful knowledge on this subject.

Adam

 

Well, I took the wheel in to the tire shop. They will ship it off for the work to be done. The chroming place will dip it in a solution that will disolve the copper coating under the chrome. Then they re-apply a new coat of copper, and then chrome it. I am told that the copper is required to get the chrome to stick. The tire place said it would take about a week, and that they would pay the $100 to have the work done.

I'll let you know how it turns out.

 

Yep, yep and yep. You can't chrome aluminum directly.

The shops that repair bent wheels typically do re-chroming as well.