[Main 95 Bulletin Board | BBFAQ | Prev by Date | Next by Date | Post Followup ] Member Login / Signup - Members see fewer ads. - Latest Member Gallery Photos survey of options Like This Post: - Subscribe to Daily Digest for this Bulletin Board Posted by bobc [Email] (#473) [Profile/Gallery] (more from bobc) on Mon, 12 Mar 2007 10:00:14 In Reply to: Re: How to refinish BBS wheels - sources?, westernny, Mon, 12 Mar 2007 08:42:31 Alert me when someone posts in this thread: Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup

Here are some of the suggestions I have gotten:

DIY:
- separate the pieces using a torx bit, refinish
- Don't use any old torx bit, buy the special SnapOn torx bit. if you dont use the snap on bit you will die. separate the pieces, refinish the rim yourself
- under no circumstances separate the rim, you will die or worse
- remove the clear coat, keep the rim polished.

Send it out:
- They keep wheel intact, using a lathe, they remove the clear coat as close to the hub as possible, then they re-spray with clear.
- They separate the wheel, remove all paint and coatings, and refinish each piece
- they are "wheel guys" and they refinish it on the car, as westernny mentioned.

at this point I don't know what I will do. The most viable DIY solution is to remove the clear coat and polish the aluminum. Don (on this board) recommended a shop that will do this:
Cork Adams, who owns Precision Wire Wheels
Quincy IL. (217) 228-8315.

but I have not contacted them yet ...

otherwise there are plenty of wheel re-finishers out there, check Ebay, or google, or the yellow pages.

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• BBS wheen - clearcoat peeling - advice needed, 5280saab, Sun, 11 Mar 2007 19:22:15
  • Re: BBS wheen - clearcoat peeling - advice needed, Bevan, Thu, 15 Mar 2007 20:20:00
  • Everyone's wheels?, RMinNJ, Mon, 12 Mar 2007 07:33:00
    • My 2000 is fine except where PO damaged them., Caarl , Mon, 12 Mar 2007 10:11:30
  • same here, bobc , Mon, 12 Mar 2007 06:37:28
    • Re: same here, 5280saab, Wed, 14 Mar 2007 10:07:05
    • Re: How to refinish BBS wheels - sources?, westernny, Mon, 12 Mar 2007 08:42:31
      • survey of options, bobc , Mon, 12 Mar 2007 10:00:14 <-- Viewing This Message
  • Re: BBS wheen - clearcoat peeling - advice needed (long, westernny, Sun, 11 Mar 2007 19:48:03
    • Re: BBS wheel - clearcoat peeling, 5280saab, Mon, 12 Mar 2007 06:12:05
      • Re: BBS wheel - clearcoat peeling- doing it myself, SteveE, Mon, 12 Mar 2007 16:37:18
        • Re: BBS wheel - clearcoat peeling- doing it myself, westernny, Mon, 12 Mar 2007 17:57:24
          • Re: BBS wheel - clearcoat peeling- doing it myself, Tom S., Wed, 21 Mar 2007 10:06:28

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