Plating for automotive part

摘要

A plated automotive part and method of plating are provided. One or more semi-bright finish layers of nickel are plated onto an automotive part. One or more bright finish layers of nickel are plated onto the outermost, semi-bright finish layer of nickel. One or more layers of a hard coat are plated onto the outermost, bright-finish layer of nickel. The hard coat has a pencil hardness of 4H or greater.