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Old 02-05-2012, 09:42 AM
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Just wondering if anyone has removed the paint from their wheels? If I where to do it could I polish the wheel to a high shine? The wheels are aluminum right?
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There is a chemical that coaters use to remove it. The aluminum underneath is VERY coarse.
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My powder coater used jasco to strip it.
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Why go through trouble?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/18-CADILLAC-...item19c9a3a937

$200/ea on exchange and you don't have to worry about it.
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So I don't have to pay $800.. and I want the "machined" look if it is possible.
Chrome can flake also. I live in Texas and they have shops that chrome for $160 a wheel.

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Why go through trouble?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/18-CADILLAC-...item19c9a3a937

$200/ea on exchange and you don't have to worry about it.
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I know how to strip it. I was just wondering what it looks like underneath. I have lots of sand paper, buffing wheels, muscles and time. LOL
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I know how to strip it. I was just wondering what it looks like underneath. I have lots of sand paper, buffing wheels, muscles and time. LOL
Sounds like you have it figured out!
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Chill!

I never asked how to. I was asking if anyone left it all natural/not refinished/just bare aluminum.

Sorry if readers got confused.

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Sounds like you have it figured out!
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Find a junk wheel and practice.
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Originally Posted by azn2dmax
Chill!

I never said I wasn't a crybaby. I was asking if anyone left it all natural/not refinished/just bare aluminum.

Sorry if readers got confused.





lulz.....
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