We do plating on almost anything that can be plated. However we do not do plating on wheels. There are plating companies that specialize in doing wheels. They have the anode fixtures made for almost any kind of wheel made. They do over 10,000 wheels a month!! We do parts that need special attention. Such as on classic and custom motorcycles and cars.   We strip the parts down to bare metal and polish them out to a mirror finish. Then we copper plate them. If the parts are particularly bad we will put an heavy acid copper on them and buff the copper to fill in pits or make a foundation for soldering fractures and cracks. Depending how badly deteriorated will determine how many times we will have to acid copper plate a part. Sometimes parts are in such bad shape that it is almost impossible to get them pit free. Of course with enough money almost anything can be done. In most cases it is better to find parts that are in fairly good shape before spending money on having them plated. Sometimes I will have a customer bring in some badly pitted pot metal and I will explain to them that it is almost impossible to get all the pits out. The parts will require repeated acid copper plating and polishing to fill in the pits. Each time a part is copper plated and buffed it takes time and materiel. That is why a part like a hood ornament can cost from $80 to $1800 or more. It just depends on the shape it is in.    So if you want to get something chrome plated, especially pot metal, try to find good parts to start with. The 1952 Pontiac hood ornament seen above cost over $250 to do. And it is still not quite perfect.