Refinishing MAN valve covers

The covers on my 1550's are looking a little ragged. I like the engine room to look just right.
I'd like to either re-chrome them, do black wrinkle or paint white.

Has anybody done this and who did you used in the Ft lauderdale area? Thanks.

I thought about this a year or two ago. I've gone back through my notes and talked to some people today in the powder coating business.
My outboard ones are pretty pitted and bubbly. Here's what I know so far- To do plating correctly becomes dangerously close to just buying a new cover.
The powder coating is aprox $45 each for sand blasting and coating the outside only. Any color. Hammer finish or wrinkle may work best if the covers are pretty damaged. They cook at 400°. Not sure this will warp the sealing surfaces. The gaskets should be pretty reusable, none of mine needed to be replaced after the valve adjustment. Gaskets are about $25 each if you have to replace them. The shop I'm talking to can get them turned around in 5 days.
The tech I use is here today and I'm going to get his thoughts on the 400° causing any damage to the covers.
Net, it's some hassle and probably $2K for a boat with 24 cylinders.
Side note- I'm not positive but I think almost all the MAN's europe aren't chrome. Because it pits....

My tech has 20 covers (he swapped them for new on a pair of V-10) he's going to give me. That will let me try a couple of finishes. I'm going to start the process next week. We'll see how it goes and what it costs.

Still thinking about this but paint may make more sense as it takes the heat risk out of the equation. In operation, they probably don't get to more than 200° so finding a paint that will work should be pretty easy.

I don't know. I've never watched the temps in the engine room after I've been running but I don't think they go up much. I've got pretty large fans that seem to do a good job keeping the heat out. They run for 4-6 hours after I stop.

Here's the starting point. This is one of the worst ones.
I ran into a boat that had gold ones too. They really didn't hold up.

Captholli-

I think this is one of those things that getting the last 10% to get to smooth perfection will cost 5x more. It’s the prep as you said. I just spent an hour with the powder coater. It looks like the chrome will pretty much flake off when blasted and there’s not much damage underneath the bubbles. Still, to make it perfect will take 3x the time. They understand not screwing up the gasket surface or getting anything inside the cover.

I decided to do a medium texture black wrinkle. It should cover any flaws and look so much better. $50 each but that drops to $25 each if I bring in all 24 at
once.

We'll see but I think so. It's got enough texture that surface doesn't have to be perfect. What would look great is to mill the top of the MAN but that probably doubles the price and leaves and exposed area to pit unless you coat on top of that.
Geez, there's just no end to how far you could take it .
$25/each seems low but I look at their prep and finished product pretty closely. It looked fine. I get the two test ones back on wednesday.