How does Nickle Plating hold up?

[Sjorge450R]

I was just wondering how nickle plating holds up. I accidentaly posted this in the suspension for somereason so if a mod see's this can you deleat the other thread.

[NacsMXer]

Nickel plating will hold up well if you keep it clean and protected. When a piece of metal is chrome plated for example, it is first copper plated, then nickel plated, and finally chrome plated. So a nickel plated piece is lacking the final chrome plating but is still pretty durable.

Just don't let whatever the part is stay dirty or wet for long periods of time as it can corrode just like chrome does. Keeping it clean and protecting it with wax every now and then will keep it looking nice.

[Mxjunkie]

this is what happens when you dont take care of nickle

[Mxjunkie]

It does clean up nicely though!

[NacsMXer]

Nice job on those Mxjunkie, I would've just called em' fubar and had them recoated but you really revived those pipes :cool: :macho

[Sjorge450R]

what did you use on that header to make it look like that, did you use mothers?

[Tom TRX250R]

He would of had to use steel wool to remove the surface rust from the nickel plating and then probably used a polisher such as Mothers or Blue Magic to give it the finished look.

[Sjorge450R]

I'm not worried about the nickle gettting rusty because I know i will keep it polished. I'm just worried about it chipping and peeling.

[Mxjunkie]

steel wool, 1500 wet sand, buff by hand with mothers..

[Jake250ex]

anyone got pics of nickel on a arms?

[Sjorge450R]

http://www.hbatv.com/products/burgard/burgard_a_arms.jpg


I think these are nickle. On Hellbound racings website they say that they are nickle. They look good.