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Hi, All, Feels great to be back! After taking an 8 month hiatus from my chrome plating venture due to health issues, I am finally back in the saddle again. Over the course of the past 6 months or so, I've had quite a few requests and inquiries regarding my future plans for the plating service. Also, some of you have inquired as to whether I'll be offering the year-end forum promotion that we've done for the past 2 years. As for the future plans, I have recently taken on a partner whom many of you may know (Randy Lewis). Randy is an active Datsun guy who owns a 240z, 510, and a 311 roadster and is even more passionate about Datsun's than I am. Moving forward, Randy will be spearheading the sales and marketing effort for the venture and I will be dedicating my time to the production issues. This new, improved model is called Vintage Chrome, and, as the name implies, is focused on providing high quality, affordable chrome plating of both plastic and metal to the classic car market. We are launching Vintage Chrome with a year-end special sale for all parts received at our Las Vegas depot by December 31, 2014. Our costs to chrome plate plastic have more than doubled on many pieces over the past two years and continue to rise so prices will never be lower than they are now. We are reducing these prices by 20% from our regular prices for this forum promotion only. I'll be listing some individual prices for many of the more common Z parts in a subsequent post. In the meantime, I am attaching some sample pics of past jobs that we've done. For specific quotes or more detailed general information, you may contact Randy at vintagechromellc@gmail.com. Happy Holidays to all, and many thanks to those of you who patiently awaited my recovery after last year's heart surgery. Mike

Will re-attempt listing prices in subsequent post. Thanks for your patience.

i used a set of sst carriage bolts from a local seattle hardware store known for having a pretty good fastener selection - they are 1/4" and while a little loose, they did just fine. i also got a set of nylock nuts and sst fender washers to spread the load and minimize dimpling of the chrome. the chrome bolts were silly expensive, and the sst ones were .28 cents each. no brainer. 2 minutes on my polishing wheel and they rival the best chrome - and will never rust. i haven't finished mounting it yet - made a couple of brackets for the center section to catch the 280 bumper mount holes, next i need to (gulp) drill holes in the rear quarters to support the end pieces. i'm gonna use rubber grommets in the holes to minimize paint damage and seal the holes from fumes entering. i'll post pics when i get to that point - probably next weekend.

Finished the rear strut cap. Exactly the same as Nissan. I'm also working on a few other items. The headlight wire plug socket boot. also the plastic pins that hold the fiberboard kick panels on the left and right side. Steve Nice tight fit.

I like it! You could've put Classic Z Cars before Hybrid Z though if you're going for a purist style blog.