Has anybody ever chromed the old Dayton Fayette Wheels?

You can powder coat them chrome, I did mine, and they look good and doesn't cost near as much.

On my previous trailer I bought some chrome hubcaps from the local auto store. then painted the wheel rim and brake drums black. I thought that it was a nice upgrade for the trailer. Whole cost was about $50.00.

Only problem I had with installing them on my trailer, was that the bearing cap stuck out about 1/4" to much, so the hub caps would not fit tight. So I used a hole saw to cut out the center of the plastic hubcap, then painted the bearing cover silver color. And you really could hardly notice the bearing cap was not part of the hub cap.


Dr Quick

The chroming of those old wheels would be a nice cosmetic appearance upgrade, however the cost of chroming, would you be more than the value of your trailer. Chroming is very very expensive today. I would suggest you consider looking into new drums/backing plate brake assembling if necessary and aluminum wheels rather than chroming those old wheels.

Thank you. I hope so. That's what I'm looking forward to.

I think it would look great. As long as the wheels are in good shape a chrome shop should be able to do it. Just be sure to research shops very well as some do below average work.

Good luck!