Modern Buddy

I'm considering having some parts on my scooter chromed. Has anyone else done this? I was thinking about doing the wheels, has anyone seen any chrome wheels out there that I could purchase? What was the price range, and were you satisfied with the results? BTW I'm in the Seattle area...so if anyone knows of a good shop to go to let me know!

Also...why does it say that I'm a "lurker"? Do I need to do anything special to become a member? I already made a profile...

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Hey, wouldn't it be cool to have all the plastic color parts chromed?

Sunset Orange could become the Silver Surfer Scooter.

Somebody with Photoshop skills want to mock one up for us?

Yeah - a little chrome never hurts anybody.
As for lurker - I think that is a sub-title that gets generated by the number of posts you have contributed to the boards. My guess is after 5 or 10 - it will say 'Member' and not Lurker.

You could chrome the kick-start and stands as well.

I tried to crome the buddy, but crome is a really difficult color to duplicate. Well, at least it is with my skills. I was able to come up with a hideous gumdrop buddy. It must be the 2009 model!

toddrw2251 wrote:I was able to come up with a hideous gumdrop buddy

Now all you need is a plaid seatcover.

Parts I was considering include:

Wheels
Passenger foot rests
Front forks
Kick stand
Center stand
Kick start
Brake levers
Engine cover? that the kick start is attached to...

Any other ideas?

I know it would be $$$ to get it all done, but maybe a piece or 2 at a time

Mirrored\chrome vinyl on the body? That might give you that chrome look. And if you don't like it peal it off.

toddrw2251 wrote:I was able to come up with a hideous gumdrop Buddy. It must be the 2009 model!

That is hideous. Maybe PGO would like to use it and put it in their next BuBu advertising campaign.

Now that you mention it I think there is some sort of competition for designing the next bubu. I think the gumdrop buddy may be a winner. I wish their was a plain white Buddy.

I might do the bootleg silver surfer transformation on my bike and just tape it up with the silver mirrored duct tape. There is a good chance the bike would blind all drivers at night.

Plain white would be nice...I want to put white walls on Creme Fraiche but thought it would look weird.

I would say the "gumdrop Buddy" looks more like Sherbet, but the plaid seatcover would be a good choice.

From what I understand, the usual chrome plating process worked best on aluminum or steel surfaces. There are a number of faux-chrome plastic parts out there which are really just polished and painted. This might actually look okay on many of the Buddy's plastic parts. I mean, a chrome legshield would be impressive even if it was faux-chrome.

Your rims can definitely be chrome plated. Most chrome places specialize in bumpers but most cities also have a number which do parts for auto and MC restorations. For a sense of the cost, Jettin, which serves mostly Vespa owners with various custom parts, will do wheels for $140 each.