Restoration Progress of Soichiro Honda's Gem, 1965 Honda S600

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did you mean who DID the chroming, well its been done by a shop in ipoh and its been mostly complete yeah
 

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Umm, there are a few pictures in front in the thread.

Here's the address

Sun HIng Electroplating WOrks
11 E Loring Lahat, 30200, Ipoh, Perak
05 2412599

Their works is top notch, they are helping the Raja Dihilir of Perak to do his Triumph TR4's chroming now
 

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Thanks, how do they calculate chroming charges? thinking of making some unique non chrome rims into chrome for the lulz. Maybe even toss that rollcage I have lying around to get chromed.. :P
 

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i think its by weight and area of distribution, well he would give u a quote till ur happy, lol. rims could be expensive i think, lol! but yeah he can determine it on the spot i guess, just bring them there
 

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i think its by weight and area of distribution, well he would give u a quote till ur happy, lol. rims could be expensive i think, lol! but yeah he can determine it on the spot i guess, just bring them there
How much did you spend for chroming your stuff?
I sort of figured that good chrome works isn't cheap already... :P
 

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the bumpers costs at least rm300

but yeah i think whole car i spent about rm3000, lol! yup theres that much to chrome, hahah! they would fix broken joins and machine new joints for it too, really really good job!
 

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Hmm.. the price is agreeable to me.. time to head down to ipoh when I'm free.. last was there in Oct for work.
 

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Well, you can always drop by to Ipoh and keep up with me, I'm actually from Kampar, which is 30 mins away
 

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so i saw something interesting on ebay and bought it, lol

Fila Honda shoes to drive my little Honda.

 

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Lol, nice shoes.. but yeah, waiting for car to finish sucks.. like me waiting for car getting painted takes months.. (>_>)

Phobia want to sent for painting again.
 

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oh yeah, lol, takes some time for them to get motivated to fix my car, it always happens, lol.

so u want to repaint ur car? hahahaha. btw, did u check out my diy mini town, lol
 

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Yeah, lol.. cool toy.. my toys mostly car stuff though, like the innovate datalogging kit, FSA740 from Bosch, KTS unit, mostly electronic stuff.

And of course, computers.. :)

I have played RC models, but that was during my college days.. good times.. :)
 
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lol heres what i do with the DIY town, its my photography project hobby lol

Professionally shot using Nikon D300


















 

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