Chrome or Polish the Grill - 64 Valiant?

Car is in the paint shop and it will be back by end of December.

There is no way to straighten or polish my grill without taking it apart so today I drilled out the rivets and it is in about 20 pieces.

Currently the bumpers are being done and the chrome shop says $400 to rechrome the whole grill. I am wondering if I should just have the grill straightened and polished before reassembly or have the whole thing chromed.

Has anyone ever done a chrome job on the grill and how did it turn out? My concern is that the grill is pretty soft.

I have never done so i am not sure which way to go.

Thanks for any advice.