Polished aluminum is the way us C&V folks would go, cause we're not afraid of hard work, in fact we're proud of it. But the average fixie fashion victim would be better served by just spending money: take your Deep Vees to a powder coater who does custom car work. They can put on a chrome-like PC plus a clear over it that will scare small dogs and elderly pedestrians...just what you want, right? And it will set you back a few semolians (but not as much as real chrome plating on aluminum would).