Graves Plating
Thread Starter
|
Logistics Pro
Joined: Jun 2003
Posts: 3,919
Likes: 271
Graves Plating
Man, this place has really gone downhill. Don’t waste your money sending anything to Graves. They aren’t putting out the quality they were 20 years ago.
I sent a few pieces off to them a few months ago. Took them forever to get them done and the quality is really crap.
Just a heads up.
I sent a few pieces off to them a few months ago. Took them forever to get them done and the quality is really crap.
Just a heads up.
FTE Legend
Joined: Nov 2015
Posts: 30,856
Likes: 4,106
From: Angier, NC
Dont go blaming the place that did the plating so fast.
The EPA has made the plater's change the chemicals they use now from what they did 20 years ago and from what I hear all platers get the same review, Not as good as they once was.
Just saying is all as they could be doing a crap job too
Dave ----
The EPA has made the plater's change the chemicals they use now from what they did 20 years ago and from what I hear all platers get the same review, Not as good as they once was.
Just saying is all as they could be doing a crap job too
Dave ----
See A Man About A Horse
Joined: Apr 2003
Posts: 4,899
Likes: 656
From: Mariposa, Ca.
I remember about 15-20 years back, on either the H.A.M.B, or Jalopy Journal, members, mostly from the SoCal area, bragging how much better and cheaper it was to run across the border to Mexico for much higher quality plating, EPA be damned.Then some other members posted photos of little skinny 10 year olds in back alleys and small shops, wearing nothing but shorts, covered head to toe in chrome paste, who did much of the polishing. “We don’t need no stinkin PPE”. It was sad, and you know where the chemicals went, straight into the ground. There were - and maybe still are - shops set up on this side of the border, that would simply collect parts, run them down for plating, and return them north. My conscience won’t let me do that to save a buck - and I’m not known to be soft-hearted.
Thread Starter
|
Logistics Pro
Joined: Jun 2003
Posts: 3,919
Likes: 271
Dont go blaming the place that did the plating so fast.
The EPA has made the plater's change the chemicals they use now from what they did 20 years ago and from what I hear all platers get the same review, Not as good as they once was.
Just saying is all as they could be doing a crap job too
Dave ----
The EPA has made the plater's change the chemicals they use now from what they did 20 years ago and from what I hear all platers get the same review, Not as good as they once was.
Just saying is all as they could be doing a crap job too
Dave ----
The prices were on the very expensive side.
FTE Legend
Joined: Nov 2015
Posts: 30,856
Likes: 4,106
From: Angier, NC
Right out of the box,, year later and it was always in the garage when not at a show or more?
If a shot time have you reached out to them?
Could be they got a bad batch of chemicals but not know it till people started having issues.
Just saying
Dave ----
Thread Starter
|
Logistics Pro
Joined: Jun 2003
Posts: 3,919
Likes: 271
How long since you got it back that it started to peeling off?
Right out of the box,, year later and it was always in the garage when not at a show or more?
If a shot time have you reached out to them?
Could be they got a bad batch of chemicals but not know it till people started having issues.
Just saying
Dave ----
Right out of the box,, year later and it was always in the garage when not at a show or more?
If a shot time have you reached out to them?
Could be they got a bad batch of chemicals but not know it till people started having issues.
Just saying
Dave ----
Trending Topics
FTE Legend
Joined: Nov 2015
Posts: 30,856
Likes: 4,106
From: Angier, NC
What did they say when you called them?
If they said go scratch then I would be more than pissed!
Dave ----
If they said go scratch then I would be more than pissed!
Dave ----
FTE Stories
Ford Trucks for Ford Truck Enthusiasts
AEV FXL Super Duty - the Super Duty Raptor Ford Doesn't Make
Brett Foote
Lobo Vs Lobo: Proof the F-150 Lobo Should Be Even Lower!
Michael S. Palmer
Ford's 2001 Explorer Sportsman Concept Looks For a New Home
Verdad Gallardo
10 Best Ford Truck Engines We Miss the Most!
Joe Kucinski
2026 Shelby F-150 Off-Road: Better Than a Raptor R?
Brett Foote
2027 Super Duty Carhartt Package First Look: 12 Things You NEED to Know!
Michael S. Palmer
10 Most Surprising 2026 Ford Truck Features!
Joe Kucinski
Top 10 Ford Trucks Coming to Mecum Indy 2026
Brett Foote
5 Best / 5 Worst Ford Truck Wheels of All Time
Joe Kucinski
Thread Starter
|
Logistics Pro
Joined: Jun 2003
Posts: 3,919
Likes: 271
They won’t get another chance to damage my items.
See A Man About A Horse
Joined: Apr 2003
Posts: 4,899
Likes: 656
From: Mariposa, Ca.
I have no interest in calling them. They won’t get my stuff again. They had my stuff for a long time and the communication was poor. There are areas on one of the hood spears where it looks like metal was actually ground away. The hood spears weren’t pitted or damaged at all when I sent them in.
They won’t get another chance to damage my items.
They won’t get another chance to damage my items.
Thread Starter
|
Logistics Pro
Joined: Jun 2003
Posts: 3,919
Likes: 271
It’s no use publicly complaining and bashing a company, when you won’t give them a chance to make things right. Even the best companies make mistakes, the hallmark of a good one is its willingness to make amends. If this quality/lack of quality is now par for the course in their business, or simply an anomaly, who can say? Are there consistent, similar complaints from others?
My intent here is to warn others so that they don’t have the same experience that I had.
Tell me, how would you suppose they could add back the pot metal that was ground off?
Laughing Gas
Joined: May 2021
Posts: 1,151
Likes: 353
From: Anderson, California
I'm with you 100%.
How can a business expect to stay alive if they are sending out feeked up quality ?
I know one Thing. I am not buying any Jeep parts produced by OMIX-ADA.
I have sent them my concerns of the Sheet they produce and cannot be used. They have done nothing to make it right because there is a new client every day who will order the crappy components they produce.
A respectable business won't allow sub-standard components to be shipped out. _ _ _ I'm pissed.
Also, I make my own Omlets.
Thank you for the head's up !
FTE Legend
Joined: Nov 2015
Posts: 30,856
Likes: 4,106
From: Angier, NC
I have no interest in calling them. They won’t get my stuff again. They had my stuff for a long time and the communication was poor. There are areas on one of the hood spears where it looks like metal was actually ground away. The hood spears weren’t pitted or damaged at all when I sent them in.
They won’t get another chance to damage my items.
They won’t get another chance to damage my items.
I think if you added this part to the first post so we knew the whole story then I would not have said what I did.
Sorry to hear it turned out bad and they messed up the parts.
I would think a "good shop" could add the metal back and replate just going to take more hard earned money
Good luck
Dave ----
More Turbo
Joined: Aug 2013
Posts: 562
Likes: 112
From: Shelburne, NH
Thanks again for posting this. The disappointment hurts - not only in the pocketbook but in the building trust and good character departments too. Seems like the expectation to work with trustworthy people in this hobby and industry at times, can be a letdown.
You do your best with good intentions - and if others can’t live up to the same - it’s their reputation that suffers and should be shared with others to avoid the pitfall. Unfortunately that is a lesson experienced by you, me, and others that stumble into bad character from time to time. I’m sure if you called them you will get excuses, justifications and or more misery dealing with them. Cut them off, chalk it up to another unwanted lesson learned. I hope you get it right through another shop and forget about it in time. Not worth the aggravation.
keep us posted and thanks for sharing.
You do your best with good intentions - and if others can’t live up to the same - it’s their reputation that suffers and should be shared with others to avoid the pitfall. Unfortunately that is a lesson experienced by you, me, and others that stumble into bad character from time to time. I’m sure if you called them you will get excuses, justifications and or more misery dealing with them. Cut them off, chalk it up to another unwanted lesson learned. I hope you get it right through another shop and forget about it in time. Not worth the aggravation.
keep us posted and thanks for sharing.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
bjmayberry2
Y-Block V8 (239, 272, 292, 312, 317, 341, 368)
27
Aug 30, 2016 05:48 PM
maxtor
FE & FT Big Block V8 (332, 352, 360, 390, 406, 410, 427, 428)
1
Jun 19, 2008 02:03 PM