No more Chrome

[kendo57]

I have read that Chrome is to be banned from motor vehicles in 2024, health and safety.
Royal Enfield's are covered in chrome ,Harleys and the like . Makes me wonder what alternatives
they might come up with .

[Skub]

Polished stainless?

[mangocrazy]

Chrome is an anachronism and largely belongs to a bygone age. It's also a process that involves deeply toxic chemicals and processes. The only component that still regularly uses chrome is fork tubes - what alternative will take over from chrome in that job? For pretty much everything else (as Skub says) polished stainless is a superior alternative.

[JackyJoll]

It don’t get you home anyway.

[ZRX61]

Chrome is an anachronism and largely belongs to a bygone age. It's also a process that involves deeply toxic chemicals and processes. The only component that still regularly uses chrome is fork tubes - what alternative will take over from chrome in that job? For pretty much everything else (as Skub says) polished stainless is a superior alternative.

Titanium nitride.

I've never been one of those chromosexuals,

[mangocrazy]

Chrome is an anachronism and largely belongs to a bygone age. It's also a process that involves deeply toxic chemicals and processes. The only component that still regularly uses chrome is fork tubes - what alternative will take over from chrome in that job? For pretty much everything else (as Skub says) polished stainless is a superior alternative.

Titanium nitride.

Yebbut, doesn't that need to be flashed onto a base layer of chrome?

[Mr. Dazzle]

Not necessarily.

Chrome (and indeed, fake chrome ) also has a big carbon foot print, which is a major reason you get so many dechromed shadowline/night edition/black pack/not-at-all-shiney car trim lines.

Pretty sure I read that Dacia have officially binned chrome.

Loads of "chrome" is nothing of the kind anyway, it's stainless steel, nickel or metallised plastic.

[KungFooBob]

God dammit, I was going to buy a Dacia, but I really wanted chrome window trims!

[Mr. Dazzle]

Wrap it!

[KungFooBob]

I said-a hip, hop, the hippie, the hippie
To the hip hip hop-a you don't stop the rock
It to the bang-bang boogie, say up jump the boogie
To the rhythm of the boogie, the beat
I wanna Dacia, ho
But one with bibbly bobbly chrome

[Bigjawa]

Chrome always sounded like the name of a gay bar.....

[Mr. Dazzle]

Chrome does look nice though TBF, on the right sort of bike. The Bonnie has real "full toxic" chrome plating, probably the only vehicle I've owned where that's genuinely the case. When you polish it up it has a depth and lustre that alternatives just don't replicate.

Shame it gives children 6 fingers and fish 2 heads really

[asmethurst99]

Can't stand chrome

[KungFooBob]

I prefer Edge.

[Skub]

The classic dudes will be in trouble with their restorations.

However,all may not be lost for the shiny folk.
https://www.magnetomagazine.com/propose ... -it-seems/

[Sadlonelygit]

When I used to print, we used a chrome roller as it is hydroscopic and attracted water to keep the paper dry. So 60/70s manufacturers were actively encouraging cars to rot by punching holes in bodywork the covering them with chrome strips!
Every day's a school day!

[Mr. Dazzle]

I get stuff chromed all the time at work. "Hard Chrome" isn't typically mirror shiny like a bumper, but it's possible. Loads of reasons to get stuff chrome plates beyond aesthetics.

I'll suspect you'll be able to get old stuff re-chromed for a long time yet.

[Cousin Jack]

I get stuff chromed all the time at work. "Hard Chrome" isn't typically mirror shiny like a bumper, but it's possible. Loads of reasons to get stuff chrome plates beyond aesthetics.

I'll suspect you'll be able to get old stuff re-chromed for a long time yet.

Shotgunners will hope so. Since lead shot got replaced with steel hard chrome inside the barrel is a must.

[mangocrazy]

The only things I've had chrome plated for as far back as I can remember is the grab rail on the LC and the fork legs on the VFR. I've had loads of other stuff plated, but my go-to is Electroless Nickel plating; it has a 'warm' finish reminiscent of stainless, has excellent lubricity (I like that word) and has excellent anti-corrosion properties. There's also a place that does it only a mile or so away from me. Unless it's an application like fork legs, which do need hard chrome plating, I'd happily switch to EN for everything else.

[The Spin Doctor]

Gilles Vidal from Renault hopes manufacturers will embrace more sustainable alternatives. Examples include using slate and cork finishes. Sounds like he's describing Fred Flintstone's wheels (or should that be rollers?)