Has anybody ever chromed the old Dayton Fayette Wheels?

Chief Smackaho wrote:
I'm just curious as to what it would look like if I did it. 5 Wheels including one spare and was thinking of chroming these wheels against a black drum for heat dissipation and a little bit of Flash for my 1970 monitor travel trailer. here are the wheels and the trailer that they are on.

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Waste of your money.

Instead, check into changing the DRUMs to the standard Ford 5 bolt pattern.

Then if you really want chrome you can buy standard chromed rims in the Ford 5 bolt pattern.

Then you can put your Dexter/Dayton/Fayette 4 bolt obsolete rims up for sale.. They often are asking $175-$250 each..

I was able to change my old Dexter star rims to Ford 5 bolt pattern after checking with Dexter tech support and they verified that my axle was a 3500 lb axle..

Your axle MAY be a Dexter axle and not Dayton or Fayette, was a very common bolt pattern used by many axle manufacturers back then, now it is obsolete and the rims are costly (not to mention hard to find).

Check the drum, it should have the manufacturer name molded in and several numbers, the axles themselves should have a aluminum tag wrapped around one of the sides of the tubes.

My trailer did not come with a spare so I was faced with finding a hard to find and very expensive obsolete rim.. It was money well worth spent moving to a easy to find bolt pattern..

I spent $35 per rim and the drums were $120 per pair..

A good quality chrome job WILL cost you much more than you think..