Chrome Cutting Question
Best Answer mini13 , 02 October 2018 - 07:24 AM
as said you can cut them down, but stainless is particualry grabby to cut and if you go too quick it can over heat and go hard and then its a right PITA,
I'd say trim roughly to where you want it with a hand hacksaw taking your time, then finish with a flap wheel and then get polishing it.
the std ends of some of the stainless bumpers are lethaly sharp standard, so you can address that too
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Posted 02 October 2018 - 12:54 AM
I'm trying to acheive a good fitment between the ends of my new stainless front bumper and my new sport pack arches. I was thinking it would be much easier if I could just chop 1 or 2cm off each ends of the bumper.
Surely I would damage the chrome, no? Has anyone done this before?
#2
Posted 02 October 2018 - 01:39 AM
If they are chrome plated mild steel then they will rust along the cut as you will have broken the coating and revealed the mild steel underneath.
If they are stainless steel then you can simply cut them down and file the edges smooth.
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Posted 02 October 2018 - 02:10 AM
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Posted 02 October 2018 - 02:15 AM
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Posted 02 October 2018 - 07:00 AM
So they are just polished then? No plating?
if they are stainless then there shouldn't be any plating and you can cut and polish to your hearts content
if they're chrome then cutting will ruin the finish near the cut
#6
Posted 02 October 2018 - 07:08 AM
Hi,
The clue is in the names...
Chrome plated - it's a plating therefore only a coating on the steel, just like paint.
Stainless steel - it's stain less therefore won't stain/go rusty. There's lots of different grades of stainless steel some more resistant than others.
Cheers
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Posted 02 October 2018 - 07:24 AM Best Answer
as said you can cut them down, but stainless is particualry grabby to cut and if you go too quick it can over heat and go hard and then its a right PITA,
I'd say trim roughly to where you want it with a hand hacksaw taking your time, then finish with a flap wheel and then get polishing it.
the std ends of some of the stainless bumpers are lethaly sharp standard, so you can address that too
#8
Posted 02 October 2018 - 12:22 PM
Thanks, I guess it's a better approach than taking the angle grinder to it!
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Posted 05 October 2018 - 09:08 PM
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Posted 12 October 2018 - 12:43 PM
It worked, I cut them about 1cm each end. It barely shows. I went with a small drimell tool and went slowly to not create too much heat.
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