I believe they are gone.. their quality had slipped the last few years ..I had a set of bumpers done three years ago by them and the workmanship was not great..the Chrome was cracked around the bumper bolt holes before we even installed them and I was unable to get them to do anything about it... But I do believe they are closed..I am not surprised how many vehicles are on the road to-day that have any chrome..very few and I think on most newer trucks the few that do have some chrome bumpers, they are cheaper from China for new bumpers than replating ..Sad but we are living in different times..everybody wants cheap..cheap..guess we made our own nest.. 

Bob,
I heard they were doing some decent work on stuff. I can't prove it, but it has been said

Find out where the bikers get their chrome done.
It will be good.

jarvis1 wrote:

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Find out where the bikers get their chrome done.
It will be good.

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 Most plating outfits that do bike chrome don't have tanks large enough to do car bumpers - at least that's the case here at Plating Master.

I had 1966 Pontiac front and rear bumpers done by  Midway     (that was the question right? )

 

Excellent work     Highly recommended  

Mike in Cobourg does all the fine detail work himself which is the hard part then sends it to the Plating House. When you go to the Plating House go with an open mind as the guy can have a real attitude I think but he can do good work at times.

A few years ago (well several, time does fly past)I took two original '40 ford bumpers to Midway to get a price on having them
re chromed.
I had welded studs on the back of the bumpers and metal finished the fronts.
Sammy,, that was their welcoming person lost it when he saw what I had done. He went off about how you can't do that.
He went on and on about it. I thought he was going to call the bumper police.
Well in my opinion 3" wide '40 ford bumpers 6" off the ground aren't going to make a difference in my personal injury,but I could be wrong.
A little while after that BOB DRAKE had stainless bumpers at 50% off so I bought a new set.

Not sure what you want done but for smaller stuff I use SUPERIOR METAL FINISHING in London. They DON'T do bumpers!!!
I have had a lot of stuff done by them. They also do that goldish coloured finish like on some bolts.
I had the hood hinges done in this black coating looks like semi gloss hotrod black but is tough as chrome.
I had all of the locks catches, headlight buckets,adjusters,springs,boxes of stuff done. I didn't blast it they did,I only washed the dirt off.
My car has lots of chrome inside window garnishes I think about 15 pieces and they were rusty. They removed the rust and plated them.
All the stuff I had done I don't think I spent $500.
If the metal is pitted they don't fix the pitting.
It's all cash and they call or E mail you when it is done.
The only problem is don't be in a hurry for the parts. Just have to plan ahead a little.
The bosses name is Steve Smith and Ellie is on the counter

www.superior-metal-finishing.com/about.htm
TMJ

Bob T wrote:

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Thanks for the response. They are now out on hwy 4 between 401 & 402. Any one lately? Somewhere in Toronto jarvis1.

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  Somewhere in Toronto--i am not a good judge on this as i have only had 1pc done in probably 30-35yrs and i wasn't looking for or expecting concurs quality results. i had the front bumper for the 67 galaxie done, big bumper, last year at jim's polishing and buffing in scarborough. the cost was approx 850.00 and i was happy with the job done. dummy me thinking the rear bumper was still pretty good till i got the front one back, dah-lol, it will be going in over the winter. i had done some shopping around and came across them and i liked the family business aspect and the price was reasonable compared to other places i talked to. a couple of buddies from around here had sent some stuff to montreal and it came back not good for the prices they paid, just saying. 

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anyway, i am going to use them again for the rear one. the 850 price was just for the job not including any freight costs you may incur. 

 

 

 

Ive used Mayfair Plating on Carlaw in TO . Fair price-good job

Looks like aside from Carl, nobody has had any dealing with them recently.
I send the large stuff like bumpers to Saskatchewan to get re-plated, but it ain't show chrome, it's '50 to '70's OEM quality.Not today's OEM standards.
The small parts that will fit in a lunch box, I get my brother in law to plate for me, he works at Kuntz Electroplating in Kitchener, they do most of the Harley Davidson plating.
Unfortunately, they only do large quantities, industrial contracts.

Midway used to have a vendors booth at Moparfest, but not the last couple years. The products they had on display looked great (probably expected).
All I can say, is that usually, if bad work comes out of a place, the word gets out really fast, and I haven't heard anything bad about them. Aside from I heard they had closed also, but apparently not so.