How can I re-finish Billet rims?
04-17-2007, 07:35 PM
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How can I re-finish Billet rims? am going to try to re-finish a set of Billet (raw alum) rims myself. Time isn't an issue, I have lots of it.
The rims are not that bad, the inside obviously is a little worse than the face. The lip's have a little bit of pitting that you can see from one foot away.
Can I use this procedure:
Spray some sort of stripper on them that would be used to remove clearcoat, just for a cleaning.
Sand the rims down with a multi stage process of tougher grit to smoother?
The other idea is to pay someone to sand blast them and clear coat them. What do you guys think?
The rims are not that bad, the inside obviously is a little worse than the face. The lip's have a little bit of pitting that you can see from one foot away.
Can I use this procedure:
Spray some sort of stripper on them that would be used to remove clearcoat, just for a cleaning.
Sand the rims down with a multi stage process of tougher grit to smoother?
The other idea is to pay someone to sand blast them and clear coat them. What do you guys think?
04-17-2007, 07:44 PM
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Those first two steps are the exact process I had to use on my old TT2s...you gotta have a set of ***** though - I could barely throw acid on them the first time...lol
