"Chromed Hubcaps" Restoration

[davepl]

I'd like to get my four hubcaps (GMC 2500 8-bolt 16.5" wheel) restored. I see NOS Chevy sets come up now and then but have yet to see a GMC set.

Although the SPID lists them as chrome, a magnet doesn't stick to them, so I presume they are actually stainless and not chromed steel.

I did my "60-100-220-320-400-800-1600-2000-buff" procedure on one flat, and it turned out very nice. Unfortunately there are too many surface irregularities (just in the design) for me to realistically be able to do it to every section of all four hubcups. I'd have weeks into them at my approach.

Should I have mine restored? Who does them? Can I get them chromed instead? Do restorers repaint the inserts too or is that up to me?

As you can tell I've never worried about hubcaps before, but there might be a show where I stick the old stock wheels and caps on instead of the H2 wheels.