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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>TeriAnn,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Well there is no stainless steel plating onto other metal process. Stainless steel is forged in furnaces using different compositions of elements to make different grades of stainless steel, some which are magnetic.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I will guess someone did a cheap chrome plating job, or a quick polish job.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Glenn aka StagByTriumph Garage<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Triumphs <triumphs-bounces@autox.team.net> <b>On Behalf Of </b>TeriAnn J. Wakeman<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, May 12, 2023 5:37 PM<br><b>To:</b> Triumph List <triumphs@autox.team.net><br><b>Subject:</b> [TR] Skin deep stainless steel<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Adobe Garamond",serif'>Around 2008 or so I purchased stainless steel front & rear bumpers off or e-bay. Looked good fit OK. Last winter my TR was in an open carport with the front towards prevailing winds. And my front bumper rusted. I hit it with steel wool today and that "stainless steel" came off in flakes with a steel bumper underneath. I had no idea that you could plate steel with a thin layer of stainless. I didn't get what I paid for. Lasted fine in Arizona but couldn't handle a pacific northwest winter.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Adobe Garamond",serif'>I guess the next SS bumper will need to be checked with a magnet. Anyone have a reliable source for real stainless steel TR3A bumpers?</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Adobe Garamond",serif'>TeriAnn</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>