What do you when the chrome rims go rusty?  Most of the pictures in the 912 registry have shiny wheels.  Is it feasible to have a reliable chrome plating company rechrome them (with the narrow gap between inner and outer rim).  Or should pitted wheels be beadblasted and painted?

Send in your comments.  Thanks to Bernard Laverton for this question. 

From: Dave Mauk; Hey There, I have been restoring my 69 912 for some time. Recently I purchased a very dirty set of chromies on ebay for $100 + $80 shipping. Once I cleaned them up they looked pretty good, but I am anal and these were not the originals, so I went on a hunt for a respectable company to rechrome my originals.
After hours and hours of internet searching I found a great company that came highly recommended. I even contacted a 356 owner who had his wheels restored there.
Boltons Classic Wheels located in Gardena California. They are currently restoring my wheels. They are cutting my rims apart, media blasting them, re chroming them and then putting them back together true and straight. $95 per wheel. What a deal!!!
Happy motoring
Dave Mauk

From: Rich Lambert;   ;I looked into this a while back and the price of just removing the old chrome/nickel plating was close to that of a new set of chrome rims. And no...I don't believe it's possible to only rechrome part of a wheel. Rich Lambert

From: gavin joule;   ; Hi Guys, I sold my 'Chromes' to a 356 guy who had them blasted and powder coated pale grey.
This was a viable option although expensive. It produces a nice look although not 'stock'.
The problem arises when you want to rechrome. To do the job correctly you
really need to split the wheels which involves rewelding them together again. This
along with all the stripping and polishing starts to get very! expensive. Ouch!
Better to get some of those repro mexican chromies? Has anybody seen them
we don't get many over in the UK where any Chrome wheel lasts about 5 mins
anyhow... lol  .  Keep the Faith, Gavin Joule, 1968 912