Enhance Your Style with Chrome Accessories

The auto accessory metalizing process is an excellent way of protecting iron and steel from corrosion to any required specification, from long life coatings to inexpensive coatings which are competitive with organic coatings such as paint.

The initial motivation for the development of electroplating process to plastic came from the automotive industry, including chrome wheel covers and hubcaps, door handle covers, mirror covers, and tailgate handle covers, lamp covers, and grille inserts, etc.

The plastics industry for chrome wheel covers and hubcaps has recently introduced a range of new materials consisting of huge percentages blends of ABS with polycarbonate to improve ductility and recovery from impact, and the new process allows both inorganic and organic coatings to be deposited without the adhesion problems that often accompany coatings applied onto auto accessory plastic surfaces.

A process for forming a decorative chromium plating on a plastic substrate includes depositing an electrically conductive coating on the plastic substrate, electrodepositing on the electrically conductive coating a high leveling semi bright nickel electroplate layer, electrodepositing on the high leveling semi bright nickel electroplate layer a bright nickel electroplate layer, and electrodepositing over the bright nickel electroplate layer a chromium electroplate layer. An advantage of the process is that a lustrous decorative chromium plating having good corrosion resistance and thermal cycling characteristics.

Electroplating for wheel covers and hubcaps, door handle covers, mirror covers, and tailgate handle covers is the process of depositing a thin coating of one metal on top of a different metal. This is done for reasons of corrosion resistance, friction reduction, heat tolerance, and decoration.

These attractive, well crafted chrome accessories will further improve the appearance and prestige of your vehicle. Those high-quality chrome accessories include grill inserts, side bars, mirror covers, door handles, entry guards, and much more. They have all been selected to help you get the very best from your dream car.