New wheel arch trim - price check

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I've had these laying around for quite a while and would like to find a home for them. They are new in the original wrapping. Don't know if these are stainless or chrome... maybe you can tell by the photos. Looking to get a fair value so I can post for sale and NOT looking to 'auction' off.

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John
 

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Nor will it stick to chrome plated brass, the magnet test is not conclusive. BMW never stamped their letters or numbers in their real CSL trim, those are aftermarket. BMW usually put the part number in white on a black rectangular decal. Just the part number. There are exceptions of course, they can fall off or can be removed. You can find aftermarket trim which I have seen for sale from US sources on ebay for eighty bucks or less a set of four, I think that even includes shipping. The single most distinguishing feature of the real CSL trim is a squared off outer edge running the length of the trim, that and they are about a half inch wider, as in standing off the fender.
 
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the blue sticker on pic 4 translates to chrome wheel arch trims. so i think the answer is chrome.

coupeguy, were the original csl arches stainless or chrome?
 
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The base material was always stainless, which from some sources I understand cannot be plated. HOWEVER, the fellow who restores the originals for me (I have one set of restored guaranteed to be original arch trim FOR SALE - unashamed plug ;] ) says they were flash chromed over the stainless, but I am skeptical. Why, because I cannot see the difference in unrestored arch trim, there should be some color difference. I am familiar with metallurgy being a retired engineer. It is possible he is telling me that and it causes him to have to spend huge amounts of time sanding the chrome off so he can charge me more. If he wasn't so incredibly good at making junk into something like new I might not be using him, but there it is, MAYBE they were flash chromed stainless steel, but they were always stainless steel, at least every one I have ever seen and it has been more than a few. Purchased a lot of them from Germany, all the same, stainless.

Have I beaten this particular dead horse enough yet? ;]
 
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