Add Some Shine To Your Ride With Chrome!
Everyone knows that the US experienced a Baby Boom like no other in its history. It paralleled a soaring economy and a desire to enjoy the good life after years of fear and tight wallets.
A booming car industry got to ride the strong economy. Like a tsunami, car makers ramped up to meet the demands of post-war consumers and a broadening middle class. With new drivers increasing in number so did the competition for their dollars. To feed this call for new designs technology and style were merged – a sign of customers’ changing tastes and hunger for status.
The 50s consumer couldn’t get enough of chrome on their cars. Chrome showed up in grills that the blind could see coming, bold tail-fins as well as chrome center caps and hubs, there appeared to be no end for this bright shiny metal. The more, the better.
To this day car fanatics are attracted to this reflective metal like moths to a flame. And why shouldn’t they be? With resistance to corrosion, the ability to tint it and a strong visual appeal – not unlike icicles, glitter or diamonds… but manly.
Everything from tailpipes to roll-bars to running boards can be electroplated with unalloyed chromium. Aftermarket rims and rim center caps are common ways to step up the looks of your car, too.
You can get chrome plating in different thicknesses, so look at the specs to get an idea of what wear resistance one can reasonably expect. If you can’t find it, ask the sale rep. Better yet, ask the manufacturer. Do your due diligence before you spend your money. Don’t catch a case of “rim remorse” – especially if it set you back a paycheck or two.
Enlist the assistance of the web, you can look up parts by Hollander number or the parts number (SKU) issued by the part maker. A locator service is another way to help you find the chrome rims, chrome-coated lug nuts, chrome wheel center caps or any other chrome part that can take your car from stock to stoked!
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