I thought about buying a set of the GM HHR Door sill plates but I'm kind of leery because the list the color as black so I'm afraid they will end up as cheap plastic. I don't want to buy some cheap plastic ones when I'm pretty sure at some point an aftermarket company will make billet ones. If anyone has them could you please post a pic so I can see what the look like?

Crome would be more appealing. I'm sure they will be out soon.

billet = aluminum ;) Most billet is clear or bright anodized not chromed. It's not imposible to chrome plate aluminum but its more expensive and harder for the plating to take. One of the things I do at my job is outsourcing our parts for plating to our various vendors. I only work with one company that is willing to chrome plate aluminum. We used to have two but the one company stopped doing it because it proved to be to much of a pain in the a**.

Billet door sill plates are one of the items we are trying to have custom made.
Still looking for a vendor. Stay tuned...

I thought about coming up with a bunch of custom billet parts for my HHR. I don't think I could get my shop to partake in such a small job, but I think I could get some of my buddies to do it for me in their off time. If there was enough of a demand maybe I could work something out with my shop. It would have to be high volume for my shop to touch it because we make products for 40 different Fortune 500 companies including government subcontracts, medical, and transportation. You name it and my companies got there hands in it.

Nice to you get any cool stuff from these compaines?

No. There is nothing worth keeping, all useless parts to me. Some of my buddies are pretty damn good machinest though and our shop supervisor will let them use the machines off the clock for personal use. :beer: I had a few things made for my Mustang, nothing major. Some of the stuff we make is pretty cool, like the government stuff. ;) Our major project going though the shop now is for Evergreen Solar. We make the machines to make their solar panels. Some of the other names you might recognize is DuPont, Lockheed Martin, ASML, Textron, Johnson & Johnson, Alstom, GM, the list goes on. We used to be major suppliers for Xerox but have severed ties. My company is the largest privately owned machine shop in Rochester. I am the shipping and receiving supervisor for two of our three main buldings. I also handle the plating outsourcing.

SoCal, if you have blueprints already worked out I can probably turn you on to one of the smaller shops in my area that we farm work out to. Unless you are trying to find a good machine shop in your area we have some of the best shops to offer here in N.Y..

The GM sill plates are a metallic Vinyl self adhesive product. I have them and don't like the look or the price. Be interested in an actual aluminum or stainless plate if you make one (set)

Would the Set be for all 4 door's for just the front two

All 4 but I believe HHR is only on the front set.

The GM sill plates are a metallic Vinyl self adhesive product. I have them and don't like the look or the price. Be interested in an actual aluminum or stainless plate if you make one (set)

Are they chromed plastic? Like the grill or skull caps on the mirrors.

anybody hear anything new on this subject? Anybody have pics of the sill plates installed?

the trailblaizer that we got for a rental had them. they looked real nice but they where plastic. Im thinking of getting a set for the hhr, it would make a real nice touch.

hey SoCal...

I just sent an EMail to a local guy I did some stuff with on my xB(sponsored me) and hopefully he'll get back to me about a new grille and possibly sill plates...

I saw a set of chrome one on ebay.

hey SoCal...

I just sent an EMail to a local guy I did some stuff with on my xB(sponsored me) and hopefully he'll get back to me about a new grille and possibly sill plates...

Pass on what you discover.... :thumb:

There is now a pic of the GM Accessories sill plates on the Chevy website (HHR exterior pics) http://www.gmgoodwrench.com/accessories/i/gmacc/05_CHE_HHR_DSP_01.jpg

have the same thing on my car
http://www.chevyhhr.net/gallery/files/1/0/7/7/DSCN2233.JPG