I just got a set of BBS ra's and I'm trying to refinish/polish the lips. 3 of the wheels I may leave alone, but 1 of them has pretty bad clearcoat damage on the lip. I taped off the wheel, and used aircraft stripper on the lip. It took the clear coat off, but there are still blackish marks in the lip. They do go away after ALOT of sanding, but after about 3 hrs, I'm only 1/4 of the way done with 1 lip. I'm currently using 400 grit for the initial sanding, then stepping down (in increments) to 2000. Can I use a higher grit paper to sand away faster, or am I at my limit? Is there any sort of dremel/die grinder attatchement which I could use for sanding?? I've read a bunch of threads on polishing, etc, but haven't seen anyone with this problem...

*Edit...pix as of 2/28:
Wheel with bad lip....you can see the crap I have to sand out:


One wheel with refinished lip (on left) next to unfinished wheel on right...you can kinda see the difference in the pic. In person is much more noticeable:


The only wheel I've finished so far:



Modified by G3NR8 at 7:17 PM 2/28/2005

 

I'd just go invest in a dremel otherwise I can feel my arm aching already just thinking about all that sanding. Good luck and I like the rims.

 

I've got a dremel...actually 3 of them lol....
My main concern is that I don't use too high of a grit sandpaper for the initial sanding, or does it matter? I guess thats all I was trying to ask. If I use a higher grit I know It would go alot faster...

 

put the car up on jackstands and get a buddy to be easy on the gas and hold the sand paper in place it'll get it off

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by theemaddhatterr &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">put the car up on jackstands and get a buddy to be easy on the gas and hold the sand paper in place it'll get it off </TD></TR></TABLE>

Maybe I'll try that...you can hold the sandpaper for me

Added some pix today (2/28). I'm not getting many answers, so I just took it upon myself to figure it out. I'm just posting the pix to update the progress....

 

damn those wheels are gonna look hot on your cgp coupe!!!

 

OMG they are gonna look sick. Especially when I steal them!

 

clean yo

 

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haha you ******...Ima steal your camera and take pictures of you crying for it

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by G3NR8 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">haha you ******...Ima steal your camera and take pictures of you crying for it </TD></TR></TABLE>

LMFAO..... maybe the fact that it 4:45 am right now... but that **** was insanely funny.

 

those are gonna look tight when they're done

 

are these the vw vr6 stock rims?

 

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Thanks...they're done, I'll post up pix soon. They look 100x better now...

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by RACEPAK &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">are these the vw vr6 stock rims?</TD></TR></TABLE>
Nope....the wheels are actually 20 yrs old (1985). They were intended for bmw and vw, but were aftermarket.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by G3NR8 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Nope....the wheels are actually 20 yrs old (1985). They were intended for bmw and vw, but were aftermarket.</TD></TR></TABLE>

yup... some gti's and jettas came stock with them... very nice wheels...
good chit... makes me rethink of getting my rikens redone in gold instead of white... hhmmm...

 

lovely set of wheels dude