A guy in my neighborhood has a set from several old Camaros rusting away in the woods behind his house. All the pieces look straight, but in need of polishing, except for the vertical piece on the driver's side, which has a ding.
What's a fair price? He mentioned ~ $45 for the set, reproduction sell for ~$120.00. If get lucky he may find a rear window set.

If I buy used window trim who recommends a source for professional polishing? Another option is to buy the 6" buffing pad for my bench grinder and do it myself.

Thank you

Buy the buffing wheel and do it yourself. It's easy. It's also easy to launch the trim piece out of your hand and damage it or yourself so be careful.

At $45.00, buy them. I polished mine myself and they were good looking until I saw them with my pro polished door locks. Then they looked sick. I sent my window trim and roof rails out for pro polishing. Cost was $350.00. They look like a million bucks now. The small dent should be no problem. It can be worked out.

This afternoon I picked up complete front and rear window trim pieces, plus the "U channel" strips that the side windows roll up into. There is a guy in our neighborhood with six first gen cars sitting out in the woods. As a whole there are very few usable parts left, but I did get these parts plus the bumpers from him. One car is a '67 that the trim tag identifies as a three-speed transmission SS model. Unfortunately there is not enough left to consider a restoration.
The trim strips looks good, with the exception of the front drivers side vertical piece, it has a ding. Does anyone out there have a spare?
I would love to have these professionally polished, but unfortunately my budget will not allow it. I guess I will be buying the Eastwood polish kit.

Fix the ding yourself. I did mine and I am a novice. From the back side. tap (repeatedly tap) the ding to bring it flush with the surface. It is time consuming but easy to do. Light taps until it is as flush as possible. Using a file, file the dinged area back and forth at 45* angles. Soon you will see high and low spots. Tap out the low spots and continue to file (use a fine file, not a course one). Continue until all the low spots are gone. Finish with 300 then 600 sandpaper then have it polished. File and sand just like you are block sanding a car. It should take you about an hour or so. Just don't get heavy with the tapping or filing.

I agree. Do it yourself. I am in the process of polishing mine and it takes a lot of elbow grease but it is not difficult and my results are turning out fantastic. I started out as Cody described. Tap out any dents gently from the backside and then use a flat file to lightly smooth out the front. Use the file across the width of the piece. Just don't file too much or you may get it too thin. And trust me, you will tell yourself that you have just screwed up this piece the first time you look at it after you've used the file, but you can work it until it is literally like a mirror. After the file, I just started using 80 grit wet-or-dry paper and wet sanded until it was smooth and then progressed through 120 grit all the way up to 2000 grit. And use a rubber sanding block. Don't sand across the width of it. Go lengthwise. Then I polished it on a buffing wheel with Brasso and that was it. And you literally can use it to shave with.
Professionals get a lot of money to do this, but you can do it on your own. It's a good aerobic work out, too.

Thanks for the advice. I already ordered the kit from Eastwood with three buffing wheels and polish compound. If I combine your suggestions with their kit, they should turn out nice.