Chrome plating is hardly a matter of dipping a bumper into a tank filled with chemicals. It is a long, involved process that often starts with polishing and buffing, cleaning and acid dipping.

Chromed-plated factory, re-pop, and custom wheels are almost as common on C5s as fleas on a junkyard dog. For a while, a coating of the glistening stuff was about the only way to go, on a budget, to ...

Chrome is beautiful, but it doesn't begin that way. Simply put, a lengthy preparation procedure combined with an artist's appreciation of the process is necessary to achieve pretty parts. That's what ...