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I'd go easy on the bling as this is London.
If you want gold wheels, then Velocity made an all gold track wheelset (hubs, spokes etc). They turn up from time to time but are pretty effing rare. Gold spoke are going to be bloody hard to find though and would make the cost of the wheel build explode, even if you could find 'em.
Can find some japanses crankset in custom editions in gold but are eye wateringly expensive as are the Campy BMX/track cranks in Gold.
You could DIY with paint (looks bad, won't last) or find an anodiser which is about the way to go. Will add a fair whack to the price esp as you'll need to get the threads chased etc. These were custom anodized for example.
All in all, gold bling generally looks bad (everyone has theyir own shade of gold which never quite seem to match), is expensive as well as time consuming to find (outside of the custom gruppo that Suzue put out before they went belly up) and is just going to attract all kinds of attention both good and bad.