I'm at that point of buying or rechroming and I'm going to go rechromed. If the new ones look good you'll save about half. If you are willing to do your own metal sanding once the parts are stripped you can save half on the chrome and now it's a wash and you have original parts. The drawback of rechroming is that if your metal is pitted, you must remove material until the pit is no longer visible or have lead added to fill in the voids. Either way, you lose material and it affects the shape and look of the piece. Starting with a clean piece is best to keep the original look.