Gold Plating

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

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

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>???

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

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?

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!

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

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

Nice one!

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

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.

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.

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.

1998 Riv wrote:

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.

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

deekster_caddy wrote:

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

All you need is to take off the 108 limiter...and the supercharger does the rest!

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

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

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.

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.

i have no emblems, i shaved em and junked em

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:


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:

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.

sans paroles

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?

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?

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.