I am in the middle of a frame-off restoration and can relate to your question. The cost of chrome refurbishing, as we all know, is way out there. I can only say that it depends on how much you have budgeted for your project and how originally pure you want it to be. I just picked up my bumpers from the chrome shop for a cost of $1200.00. I really had to think about spending that kind of money, however the bumpers had original GM stampings on them and decided re-chrome over re-pops. On the small stuff like door handles, window crank handles and such, I have found the re-pops to be very good quality at a low cost. Some of the re-pop stuff is getting quite good! I will be keeping the originals tucked away in safe keeping should I ever want to have them re-chromed.
