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some one look at that and help me, please! does it need a new clear-coat? sanding? or what?

 

Dahm you need the works on that man! Your gonna need to sand and reclear coat it.

 

some one told me that i hafta just "re-polish" them. will that work? and can i do that myself?

 

Ideally, you would take tires off rims, remove all the clear coat, polish/clean them up respray clear and go from there

 

i sanded the whole wheel with 800 grit sand paper, then 1,000. then i repolished them. turns out the only part that really got raw was the blemish spots. so when i polished the wheel, now the wheel has really bright spots, and normal aluminum spots. the bright spots take the place of the blemishes. i think im gonna have to sand the whole thing with lower grit sandpaper, and then repolish the whole wheel.

anyone know what grit sand paper i should use to make the whole wheel raw? thanks

 

You need to take the clear coat off, you can do that chemically or with sanding, if you are sanding by hand, it will take a while to do.

 

The key to a long lasting, quality finish is proper surface preparation - which is why IMO sandblasting is the best way to completely strip the surface down to bare metal.

I say sandblast and machine polish the alloys, then clearcoat them (or powdercoat if you're interested in a different color).

 

i think im gonna use paint stripper and take the whole clear coat off. then polish, then clear coat it.

 

clear coat off, sanded up to 1,000 grit.