Dan - six years ago , I had two hood bezels and Eldorado letters gold plated for my 57 Eldo . I sent one bezel and the Eldo letters to Three Rivers Gold Plating in Fort Wayne , Indiana ; and a second bezel to Brush Plating Services in Torrance , CA . At the time , I was just looking thru internet listings and these companies caught my eye . Both advertised plating of auto parts and Three Rivers actually had a photo of a Cadillac wreath . I had an extra bezel , so I thought I'd try two different places just in case pieces got lost at one of them . I was very pleased to say that both companies did exactly what they said they would do and both returned very nice finished pieces . I believe Three Rivers charged me $150.00 for the bezel and letters and Brush Plating charged $ 50.00 for the one bezel . So I thought I would look up these companies to see if they were still in business before I responded to your post . Well , they are . BUT , I was was very dissapointed to see that Three Rivers has some very bad reviews . I was not aware of any bad reviews at the time or I probably would not have used Three Rivers . I have , however , learned not to take reviews - good or bad - as gospel ; for someone (perhaps even a competitor ) can write whatever they want without fear of reprisal . But there does seem to be a fair number of bad reviews posted for Three Rivers and none for Brush Plating . If you google "gold plating Chicago, Il " , a list of at least 25 companies in the Chicago area will appear . One is The Finishing Touch , a company that I have never used , but have seen their chrome plating , which appears to be of high quality . This company advertises on a regular basis in The Self Starter . I don't know if they do gold . Just some ideas . Paul Tesone CLC # 6876
