What do you mean by "restore"? Is it dull and dirty, or scratched, pitted and peeling??if the latter, fixing it means replaying. Very few places rechrome plastic, and just like chroming metal, it's not cheap. You're better off buying nice used trim.

 

It's the chrome outline around the speedo and controls. Mine is in excellent shape overall the chrome is worn off in spots, didn't know if anyone had found any kind of paint that was close to matching the chrome. I used some model paint and it doesn't look too bad just wish it was a bit more shiney.

 

"Chrome" spray paint would be smoother than the model paint, but still wouldn't look anywhere near a mirror finish.

If the area is flat/smooth enough, you might be able to use "chrome" tape.

 

In my case, burned chrome line around dash was renewed with flexible auto-adhesive chrome line sold by the meter. Of course, previously I cleaned the base as much as I could before I stick it the new adhesive material on it.



Here is the pic of the flexible chromed molding roll I bought and a detail of the molding:






I bought it here, in Spain but I´m sure you can find something similar or even better in a large supermarket or a car accessory shop.

I´m happy with the result, as it´s very shiny and if carefully cut looks like factory, although original lining is thinner.

 

I stole cadforce idea of the moldable chrome strip. I also stole my wife's silver paint pen and went over all the outlines around the gagues. I'm in extreme heat and both have held up well.

It was a oil based silver sharpee pen. I'll snap some pics tomorrow

 

On my steering wheel I used chrome pinstripe tape from http://www.modelexpo-online.com/search.asp?SKW=cat1_bt.


http://postimage.org/

I also found this online but have never tried it.

http://www.alsacorp.com/products/killercans/kc/killerchrome.htm

 

The chrome tape looks good but my hands aren't nimble enough to to do a good job at it, yours looks real good. I had thought about how they put that gold leaf on things and if they had something like a thin chrome sheet that you could do the same then trim the excess.

 

Your wheel is in good shape too. I'm jealous.

 

I re-did the whole wheel. Filled the cracks....over 20....and painted it. Then I cut wood veneer and glued it in. Applied the pin stripe tape and clear coated.

This was what I started with.

http://postimage.org/

 

What about this?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/69-72-Chrom...-Judge-/191101470750?pt=Vintage_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item2c7e89081e

 

Search for chrome or metallic detailing foil tape for your dash and steering wheel restoration projects

 

Great job... If your bored you can restore my wheel too

 

It's meant primarily for bigger jobs like mirrors and bumpers. There is new stuff called spray on chrome. It's applied spraying it on then rinsed with water and blown dry with compressed air. The final coat is like a clear coat process. The part I like about it is say if you have mirrors that have pot metal that are pitted, you can repair them first with body fill and afterwards spray this stuff on and it will adhere to the body fill. Look for Chrome Solutions, Spectrachrome or Hydrochrome.