Paint that looks like polished alloy?

[Mr2Mike]

I'm restoring an old Suzuki B120, and the generator/sprocket cover was heavily corroded. After cleaning it up the surface is deeply pitted in several places, too much to remove by sanding down the surface (it would end up paper thin). I've tried, unsuccessfully, to source a new/better one, but they appear to be very rare.

The other side of the engine is in good shape and will polish up nicely, but not sure what to do about this cover. I could fill the pitting and spray it, but is there any paint that is a reasonable match for polished aluminium?

[Mr2Mike]

That powder coating looks very good, thanks for that. I actually have a powdercoating gun, but I don't have an oven to bake it, and using a hot air gun has never worked for me, so would need to find somewhere local that could do this.

[Mr2Mike]

That looks pretty damn good, something like that would be fine. My life wouldn't be worth living if I used the kitchen oven to cure powder coating however, and the instructions in my powder coating kit says the fumes can be toxic.