Repainting Rims?

[Michael Pshenishny]

My dad bought a set of wheels with the paint peeling, etc. for his '90 90
20V.  What he did was go down to the local custom coating shop.  They bead
blasted and poweder coated his wheels in Colorado Silver for something like
$40 a wheel.  Its been over a year now and they are still in like-new
condition, and are extremely easy to clean up, brake dust comes off without a
problem, unlike the wheels on my car.

Mike Pshenishny
'87 5kcstq

Alexander van Gerbig wrote:

>     How does one go about cleaning up ratty rims?  I got a set of nice BBS
> 14" for my winter rims, but no matter how much scrubbing I do they just
> won't come fully clean.  There are some spots where the paint is gone, but
> not too bad.  Just the old dust and grime refuses to come out, plus spoked
> rims are tough to clean, those little nooks are a PITA to get into.  Don't
> people bead blast them and then repaint?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Alexander van Gerbig -- '88 80
>
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