[gheatly]

Thought several people here could benefit from this info:

I have a friend that is restoring a '72 Firebird and needed his brake booster rebuilt. A company called Power Brake in Portland, Oregon does booster restorations. They will cadmium plate the booster for a additional charge. Total cost for my friend's booster rebuild including cad plating was $135. Sounds like a good deal to me!

Phone number: (503) 238-8882

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Hugger Orange & white 69 Camaro with supercharged 350, Tremec TKO, and 3.73 12-bolt

See my website updated 8/13/00 at:

www.geocities.com/gheatly

[mccorry]

Has he had it done yet? How'd it turn out?
Work ok?

[bonecrusher67conv]

I want to know how it turned out too. I had one done before by a local plating company and was very disappointed due to a rough plating texture and a rainbow color affect. I would be real happy to find an outfit that does that plating with a very smooth surface that has uniform color.

[gheatly]

He hasn't sent it off yet. I'll let everyone know how it turns out. BTW, this is the company Master Power recommended when he called. Apparently, MP doesn't do booster restorations any more.

Bonecrusher, almost all of the boosters I have seen that have been replated have a "rainbow effect" on them. That is what makes cadmium plating so unique. If it were uniform in color, we could just buy a can of paint that would match. I bought a restored booster from D&R Classic and it has areas with the color rainbow on it as well. However, the plated surface should be very smooth.

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Hugger Orange & white 69 Camaro with supercharged 350, Tremec TKO, and 3.73 12-bolt

See my website updated 8/13/00 at:

www.geocities.com/gheatly

[mccorry]

I agree...the blue, red, green flash is what sets the plating apart from the rattlecans.

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Steve McCorry - Central Ohio Camaro Club
'69 Camaro RS/SS-350 - Daytona Yellow
'95 Camaro Z-28 - Sebring Silver
click here to see my car ---> www.mindspring.com/~mccorry(updated 8/14/00)

[bonecrusher67conv]

The reason I was expecting a uniform color was that the plating on the original booster from my 67, though oxidized, had a uniform color with zero rainbow effect. Basically, the same texture and uniform color you would see on a master cylinder cover. I recall my 73 Chevelle SS also didn't have this rainbow effect. I have seen both the rainbow plating (specifically the D&R) and buffed-out uniform plating (vendor unknown) side by side at car shows and I have a personal preference for the uniform color type. Plus the uniform color plating will match the sleeves better on my Energy Suspension poly bushing sleeves.

[mccorry]

The "rainbow" plating will fade out with heat and air exposure and eventually become the flat uniform gold color you are referring to.

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Steve McCorry - Central Ohio Camaro Club
'69 Camaro RS/SS-350 - Daytona Yellow
'95 Camaro Z-28 - Sebring Silver
click here to see my car ---> www.mindspring.com/~mccorry(updated 8/14/00)

[jbradway]

I think I know what bonecrusher is talking about. I bead blasted my booster halves and had them plated. The turned out gold cadium, but rough and no rainbow effect. I know the plating was correct because the other finished products that other customers were picking up were rainbow looking. The problem was that I should have had the booster polished before plating. The rough open surface from bead blasting produced the dull - even colored effect. Thanks to clill for pointing this out to me a few months back. I wished he had pointed that out before I got the plating done.