Reply To: Headlight reflectors

[David Coco]

Greg answered your question, chrome only reflects about 60% of the light that silver does…if it was as good as silver, then that’s what the manufacturer would have done from about 1928 on when chrome was available…but the more expensive silver plate was done from the factory to give better lighting…

Silver gets to about 97% reflected light, so is an excellent choice, but will tarnish and requires occasional polishing. The Uvira coating, glass or whatever it is, is very close to that reflectivity and requires no maintenance whatsoever, and in fact I don’t think you’re supposed to do anything to it as coating is so thin….