Oh, and I had a few questions about the chrome helmet. No, I didn't buy it completed, I bought the parts and had it done by a company in California. It's not chrome like the chrome on a Harley or a car grill, it's vacuum metallized chrome. Vacuum metallized chrome has a mirror-like finish, and bonds to ABS plastic. True chrome nickel plating is MUCH more expensive, and the helmet would have to be prepped to take the chrome. For once, the cheaper option was the better looking. And the facemask is steel, not the type with the "rubbery" coating. Again, it doesn't take chrome as well. The helmet HAS to be BRAND NEW! Every slight flaw in the helmet is magnified once it takes chrome.

As for the decals...troll for them on eBay. Do NOT ask any "official" helmet restorers for help on the decals...they won't help. The "offical" helmet restorers do NOT like people who do their own helmets. Most of them are either ticked they are losing the sale of a helmet, or they have an official NFL license and can't help you without losing it.

It took me a year to get the chrome helmet done....I should say it took me a year to get it paid for...(groan).

The black helmet is a black clearcoat that any car painter can do. The trick is finding one who will take on a small project. I found a guy going out of business who painted mine for $25...a deal I'm sure I'll never get again.