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It's like a Cadmium-plated Christmas!

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Old 04-13-2007, 09:22 AM
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I'm betting that when car is put together that there will be one bolt left That's what usually happens to me
Old 04-13-2007, 09:29 AM
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Originally Posted by sharky47
Morrell plating in Dallas did it, unfortunatly you must have a tax I.D. to use them.

Industrial-grad cad plating is $0.17 per pound, $35 minimum - that box is 55lbs.
For that price do they clean them too before coating? Did you just drop off a box of grimey hardware or did you have to run stuff through the parts washer first?
Old 04-13-2007, 10:15 AM
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I parts washed them, then de-plated everything with muratic acid, then I tumbled them.
Old 04-13-2007, 10:19 AM
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That looks great! I wish I could find someone local that could do that to some of my parts that have lost their original plating.
Old 04-13-2007, 10:39 AM
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What I am doing is buying up hardware from people who part cars. I then do the re-plating process so that I have clean, new-looking hardware to use on mine and customer's cars.
Old 04-13-2007, 10:55 AM
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how much do you want to buy my bolt bucket for.. iprobably have a good 40-50 pounds from my parts car
Old 04-13-2007, 11:20 AM
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Nice! Is it really Cad or yellow zinc?
Old 04-13-2007, 11:28 AM
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Wow. That's fantastic. My dream is to buy a parts car, have that done to every single fastener I can take off of it, and then just replace them on my car one at a time. I don't have the courage to remove it all and send it out from my own car. The notes and digital photographs required to be certain that I know where it all goes would be brutally time consuming. And what if they lose the box?

Sharky -- would you consider selling some boxes of hardware like that? I'd gladly pay for cad or yellow zinc plated used hardware from a parts car to replace that stuff on my own car.
Old 04-13-2007, 01:02 PM
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I think I'll tow my whole shell to their shop and have a nice, shiny, rust-proof NA.
Old 04-16-2007, 05:58 PM
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Rather expensive since its on ebay, but I thought you might be interested in this Dan.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Porsc...QQcmdZViewItem
Old 04-16-2007, 08:13 PM
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Dan,
Very nice cam cover bolts - any chance for an introductory price for Rennlisters?
Old 04-16-2007, 09:40 PM
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Well, they are basically half-off already..........definatly going to be exploring group-buys on the bigger stuff.
Old 05-23-2007, 10:02 AM
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Here's few parts after plating. There is 1½ 951's and two 951 engines parts. Some S2 items also...
This procedure was worth of 40€.



Old 05-23-2007, 11:26 AM
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If you would sell the hood latch assembly cadmium plated I think they would sell like wildfire for you. It would compliment your stainless hood pin nicely too. I know that the whole hood latch assembly in my car looks pretty ****ty, as do the assemblies in most old N/A's. Cool beans man!
Old 05-23-2007, 01:53 PM
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What is a tax ID?


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