Best way to refinish wheels?

[Turf1600]

Everyone always asks "what process was used when refinishing the wheels?"

What's the correct answer? I've searched and seen people using metal filler to cover curbage and ect - but most people call a light buff, prime and paint refinishing.

Say I had a set of 1 piece BBS with a nice lip. What would be the best way to restore and polish the lip, remove curbage, and respray the centers?

Am I better off paying $120 a wheel for refinishing?

[e30/e46 FTW]

http://www.bmwtips.com/tipsntricks/wheel-repair/wheel-scuff-repair.htm

:pimp:

[Turf1600]

That's cool for the curbage - bt say I want to repaint the centers ans polish the lips. Do I just scuff and spray?

PS - I'm very weary of putting spot putty on my BBS wheels.

[gearheadE30]

Granted these were bottlecaps, but I used aircraft stripper and a powerwasher to get all of the remaining factory paint off, scuffed the surface, and primed, painted, and clearcoated the wheels. I don't really know how to get the pitting out, if you have any. Another option would be media blasting, which would get more of the finish off.

[Kilawin]

will aircraft stripper harm an already polished lip should some get on it?

[gearheadE30]

I wouldn't think so. It will strip any clearcoat off, though.

[bmw325csi]

aircraft stripper is iffy guys, its gonna be a bitch to clean out of the weaves. I would get the centers at least sandblasted, then paint em up whatever color you want with a top coat of clear. The lips Im not so sure on.

[gearheadE30]

Yeah, I didn't think about the weaves. Media blasting isn't too expensive, so you should probably do that. I wouldn't sandblast them, because that can cause waves in teh surface of the metal as well as pit the surface if there are any metal imperfections.

[txleadfoot]

Can the basketweaves be powder coated?