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Hydrogen embrittlement usually takes place over a longer period of time.I had an old Hawk formula ford with chromed trailing arms and it made it quite difficult to check for cracks as the chrome cracks and you can not see what the underlying surface looks like. Simply nickel plating is not the answer. Typical chroming is a copper, nickel, chrome process all of which are applied electrically and therefore add to the possibility of hydrogen embrittlement. The correct type of nickel is electroless nickel. If you ask a plater if he does electroless nickel and he hesitates, find another plater. Most chrome shops do not do it.