Dented Skid Plate - Magic-LEE fixed!

[Bright-Lee]

Here are a few pics of a skid plate that did the honorable thing. (It took one for the team)

[Bright-Lee]

Here are a few pics of a skid plate that did the honorable thing. (It took one for the team)

[Bright-Lee]

Not only dented, but scratched pretty bad too. (or do you call that a gouge?)

[Bright-Lee]

You'd hate to have this happen to a chrome job.

[Bright-Lee]

I got to pull out the hammers today.

[Bright-Lee]

Hammered out and a little left to go.

[Bright-Lee]

Scratches-n-Dents are history (as was his-story). Off to polishing.

[Bright-Lee]

The finished product.

[Bright-Lee]

Whadd'ya think??

James

www.brightlee.com (http://www.brightlee.com)

p.s. I can't fix chrome...

[DRTYFN]

HOLY SH*T!!!! What a great job, Lee!! I'm not much for chrome, but that really looks great!! BRAVO!!

[Zyx5432]

I don't think that is chrome. Bright just polishes up the steel to a nice shine.

[Bright-Lee]

Aluminum, 6061 T-6 to be exact.
Much less $$ than a chrome job, and can be repaired, repolished if needed.(un-like chrome)

[DRTYFN]

Sorry, I meant to say that I'm not much for the chrome look.

[Bright-Lee]

Oh don’t be… sorry is the guy who paid 500$ to exchange his for a chrome one!!

James

www.brightlee.com (http://www.brightlee.com)

[FrankC]

Great job James!

I'll be sending my skid plate out to you on Monday!

Keep up the good work!

Humdog

[Doug]

What happens when the crome gets dented???

Doug
2003 Metalic Red H2
Adventure Series. w/navigation/Sat Radio/Winch

[Bright-Lee]

Keep an eye out for a new topic regarding chrome over aluminum. But very briefly, chrome is brittle and thin and therefore will not flex or bend with the aluminum which is a relatively soft metal. So if dented, cracking and flaking is immediate. The cost of doing a revision on chrome is very expensive because there is no such thing as a "touch up" with chrome....it's "all or none". The above pictured skid plate was about to be replaced with a new, unpolished one for the cost of 350$ (at least, that is what my dealer wanted to charge me). Instead it was repaired and polished to a mirror finish for about half the price of the new one. I hear some dealers are charging 500$ for a chrome exchange.In my next topic, I will go into depth why I feel polishing is better than chrome on aluminum (p.s. I started out in the chrome plating industry)

[Hummer Man]

Bright Lee - You polished mine 4 months ago and - I am telling the truth when I say it looks great and as good as the day I got it back from you! http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[H2 007]

Whats the cost for this? Looks great!

2003 White Hummer H2

[Bright-Lee]

Here is a link to my e-bay offer,
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2423915874&category=33654

The skid plate in the above pictures was repaired at no additional cost.
Polishing = 165$
Return shipping = 25$
Optional Extreme polish & sealer (for maintenance)= 25$

James
www.brightlee.com (http://www.brightlee.com)

[SRFCASTR]

Is it possible to only do the H2???
Is there a sign. cost savings??
Can it be powder coat black everywhere but the H2?


SRFCASTR

[Bright-Lee]

I am in the process of customizing a skid plate similiar to your request. I should have pictures to post sometime next week pending the schedule of the anodizers, which is probably the method I am going to use to color it. I will have a better idea on the cost at that time also.
James
www.brightlee.com (http://www.brightlee.com)

[Bright-Lee]

Ok, you guys are really putting me to the test.
I wonder if the air bags deployed on impact?

[Bright-Lee]

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[Bright-Lee]

This poor skid plate took a beating (inside &out)! http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_confused.gif

[Bright-Lee]

Near 100% recovery.

[Bright-Lee]

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James
www.brightlee.com (http://www.brightlee.com)