I just got back some pieces from the electro-plating shop. Since I have the radiator out and a clear shot at the fan and pulley system, I decided to yank those out to have the fan re-painted and the fan-belt pulley chromed. Pictured below clockwise from top is the water outlet pipe from the engine to the radiator, spacer between the fan and the pulley, and the fan-belt pulley. Both the water outlet pipe and the spacer are made of aluminium, and therefore cannot be chrome plated. The shop polished them the best they could instead. The fan-belt pulley however ended up with 4 layers of plating: 2 layers of copper, followed by nickel, and finally chromium. This thing looks like a piece of jewelry now ... I'm considering not putting it back on the engine and wearing it around my neck instead! The cowl intake grille is another piece that is made of aluminium, but the polishing process rendered it looking as good as chrome anyway. All of these were done for $60 - Not bad Kimosabe ... not bad.
Engine Components - Before:
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Cowl Intake Grille - Before:
| Cowl Intake Grille - After:
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