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PostSubject: a gold rush for a riv   Gold Plating EmptyWed Feb 13, 2008 7:15 pm

http://store.goldrushplating.com/riviera-thru-99.html

i was looking for gold emblems and well hear we go i found a set. now just need to find a grille, gold window trim and wheel well trim
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PostSubject: Re: Gold Plating   Gold Plating EmptyWed Feb 13, 2008 7:48 pm

Omg, $425! Why drop that many bucks to turn the Rivie into a thug-mobile? Leave that to the Caddys!
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PostSubject: Re: Gold Plating   Gold Plating EmptyWed Feb 13, 2008 7:49 pm

palermocorey90 wrote:
http://store.goldrushplating.com/riviera-thru-99.html

i was looking for gold emblems and well hear we go i found a set. now just need to find a grille, gold window trim and wheel well trim

are you really buying that man>??? nervous nervous
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PostSubject: Re: Gold Plating   Gold Plating EmptyWed Feb 13, 2008 8:01 pm

Shintsu wrote:
Omg, $425! Why drop that many bucks to turn the Rivie into a thug-mobile? Leave that to the Caddys!

since ur a noob i wont let loose, some riviera's came with gold package

travis i might im still looking at paint chips to see if i will or not
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PostSubject: Re: Gold Plating   Gold Plating EmptyWed Feb 13, 2008 8:20 pm

i think the gold edition looks good on the riv which my riv has the gold edition. i need to replace the gold outline around the tailight which is fading but i dont see it on that site?

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PostSubject: Re: Gold Plating   Gold Plating EmptyWed Feb 13, 2008 8:21 pm

I've always been into the gold scene. I'd love to do it with my car. Problem is, I've got so much damn chrome on it (with more on the way) that it'd just look stupid unless I plated everything, which would cost a fortune.

If you've got the ability to put the gold on with little other chrome, I say all for it!
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PostSubject: Re: Gold Plating   Gold Plating EmptyWed Feb 13, 2008 8:39 pm

well i need to replace all my chrome because i was semi retarded and shoveled my car off with a shovel that had a metal blade, and of course i scratched it all up its rusting now, so thats y im looking to gold.plus im full blooded Italian so gold is always a plus. and no my car will not be like Mr.T
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PostSubject: Re: Gold Plating   Gold Plating EmptyWed Feb 13, 2008 10:21 pm

palermocorey90 wrote:
well i need to replace all my chrome because i was semi retarded and shoveled my car off with a shovel that had a metal blade, and of course i scratched it all up its rusting now, so thats y im looking to gold.plus im full blooded Italian so gold is always a plus. and no my car will not be like Mr.T
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PostSubject: Re: Gold Plating   Gold Plating EmptyWed Feb 13, 2008 10:42 pm

palermocorey90 wrote:
well i need to replace all my chrome because i was semi retarded and shoveled my car off with a shovel that had a metal blade, and of course i scratched it all up its rusting now, so thats y im looking to gold.plus im full blooded Italian so gold is always a plus. and no my car will not be like Mr.T

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PostSubject: Re: Gold Plating   Gold Plating EmptyThu Feb 14, 2008 6:51 am

there a 1 or two gold rivis around where i live,in different body colors. there is a black one that i see once in a while that looks dynomite! super clean and well maintained. the ricers love it! big bucks for the kit though.
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PostSubject: Re: Gold Plating   Gold Plating EmptyThu Feb 14, 2008 9:38 am

My Riv has some goldtone pieces as well. Not from the factory though, these were a dealer add-on when the car was resold up here in MN. The grill R is gold, and the Riviera script emblems on the quarters are gold. Trunk lock as well. I think that's all. My license plate surround is chrome. They did gold pinstripes that I like, and the gold dealer info on the trunk lid, that I've removed. In general I dislike it on my car, and may remove all but the pinstripes.
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PostSubject: Re: Gold Plating   Gold Plating EmptyThu Feb 14, 2008 9:44 am

Wow, that's expensive for what you get. On my 2 gold Riviera script emblems on the quarters, one of the R's broke off. I bought a new emblem at the dealer for $18, chrome, and will come up with a good goldtone paint to spray it before I try putting it on the car. OR, I may just remove both emblems completely. My Supercharged trunk emblem is also gold, but looks crappy IMHO. Not sure if I'll remove it.
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PostSubject: Re: Gold Plating   Gold Plating EmptyThu Feb 14, 2008 1:00 pm

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In general I dislike it on my car, and may remove all but the pinstripes.

Definitely keep the pinstripes, but I'd keep the side script.
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PostSubject: Re: Gold Plating   Gold Plating EmptyThu Feb 14, 2008 1:17 pm

when I do get around to the bodywork on my Riv I'm probably going to just remove the side Riviera-Script. The chrome is all peeled and they are mostly white plastic now, plus I just catch things on them when I'm washing my car. They are really poor quality and location I think.

Besides, nobody can read that cursive-script when I go by at 140 anyway wink lol
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PostSubject: Re: Gold Plating   Gold Plating EmptyThu Feb 14, 2008 1:21 pm

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when I do get around to the bodywork on my Riv I'm probably going to just remove the side Riviera-Script. The chrome is all peeled and they are mostly white plastic now, plus I just catch things on them when I'm washing my car. They are really poor quality and location I think.

Oh, well, if they're deteriorating, get rid of them. Be sure to fill the holes.

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Besides, nobody can read that cursive-script when I go by at 140 anyway wink lol

All you need is to take off the 108 limiter...and the supercharger does the rest!
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PostSubject: Re: Gold Plating   Gold Plating EmptyThu Feb 14, 2008 2:04 pm

heh
I've actually had mine up to that once. It's stable and solid as a rock. Actually feels great at that speed. I don't recommend it, don't condone it, I was on a wide wide open highway and I have speed-rated tires. I was on my way home from a mod day where we first removed the speed limiter, wanted to see if it worked wink

It was not scary at all, the Riv is a well designed car. I really was trying to catch a BMW and Acura that had zipped by a minute before at 120 or so...

There was plenty of room to accelerate more too. I will have to adjust shift points to make it work though, was so far down on the throttle it was trying to downshift, so pretty much at the top of 3rd gear and couldn't get the converter to lock up in 4th. Now that I have my own tuner I can make it drive the way I want smile
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PostSubject: Re: Gold Plating   Gold Plating EmptyThu Feb 14, 2008 2:40 pm

deekster_caddy wrote:
....... The chrome is all peeled and they are mostly white plastic now, plus I just catch things on them when I'm washing my car. They are really poor quality and location I think.


That's why my R is missing, poor design, caught an edge while washing and broke it off. I don't think it says Riviera anywhere else though, except the underhood insulator. Oh wait, on the dash also.
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PostSubject: Re: Gold Plating   Gold Plating EmptyWed Mar 19, 2008 11:53 pm

You could save yourself 300 bucks and get the emblems you have now dipped!! I dont know what area you live in. but if your in America, chances are your within fifty miles of a crackhead who would love to scrap those emblems for ya.
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PostSubject: Re: Gold Plating   Gold Plating EmptyFri Mar 21, 2008 4:26 pm

i have no emblems, i shaved em and junked em
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PostSubject: Gold Plating   Gold Plating EmptyMon Jun 29, 2009 10:47 pm

What sort of cost would there be to have every chrome trim piece on the Riviera gold plated? I have seen some gold trimmed Rivieras before - a factory option to have the gold package? My biggest interest - what would it cost to have the factory seven spoke 16" Riviera rims gold plated? I don't really want real gold, just the appearance of shiny gold.

I've always been a big fan of how good Subaru's look with gold rims:
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Admittedly, that's more of a flat gold and I would be looking for the shiny gold look. Personally I think these kind of rims in ridiculously shiny gold would look good:
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PostSubject: Re: Gold Plating   Gold Plating EmptyMon Jun 29, 2009 11:16 pm

the gold package was a dealer added option, like soft tops, extra "special edition" badges and wood dash kits.

personally, i think gold on cars is tacky. more of a chrome fan myself.

but if you're serious about gold plating your rims call up a local powder coat shop and see if they have a gold color. their color options are pretty sweet. it wont be mirror like chrome though.

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PostSubject: Re: Gold Plating   Gold Plating EmptyTue Jun 30, 2009 12:31 am

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PostSubject: Gold Rivi emblem?   Gold Plating EmptyMon Feb 01, 2010 10:01 am

I noticed something interesting about my 97, the trunk emblem/cover is gold plated around the outside part of the emblem, not the R itself. Nothing else is gold on the car. Does this mean anything as to a certain package it might have? Or could it just be a replacement that happened to be gold?
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PostSubject: Re: Gold Plating   Gold Plating EmptyMon Feb 01, 2010 10:53 am

Sounds like someone got a gold replacement, either the lock cover or a complete trunk lid. Does it have the 'supercharged' emblem on the trunk lid too? Is that gold?
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PostSubject: Re: Gold Plating   Gold Plating EmptyMon Feb 01, 2010 11:54 am

There are shops that have portable plating machines that can plate, as you have said, just the outside edge and not the whole thing.
The machine is a small electroplater and they use a liquid that has small gold particles in it. You apply the solution to what ever you want plated and then just attach a ground and rub the other end, kind off has a swab on it, over the area you want the gold to adhere to and presto.
A friend of mine in Florida bought one and would do emblems on cars and various motorcycle parts. Could even gold plate plastic that already had a chrome finish. As long as it would conduct electricity.
It was a neat and small unit that ran on 110v. He used to bring it to car and bike shows, with a small generator, in the Tampa bay area and make a killing.
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