Since my car is going to be down for a few weeks, I thought it would be a great time to get the wheels refinished.

Anybody know of a shop or place to have this done?
Wheels are '89.

Thanks in advance.

 

I got mine done at a place called Wheel Techniques, here in San Jose. They did a great job. Not sure if there are others, or if they are only local.

 

I used precision wheel just had to ship to them. Here are the results:

Before:



After:

 

Is that Precision Wheel out of Branford,Ct if so excellent choice also notice the wheel weights are not on the outside of rim anymore. Mine are on the outside it looks terrible.

 

Wow those look great.

Where is precision wheel? That may be he way to go.

 

They were extremely great to deal with, I think they had them in transit back to me in a two days. They painted the slots as they came from the factory and then applied the clear powder coat. All four were done.

http://www.precisionwheels.com/

 

I did mine myself and posted the results on another forum. Here they are if you want to save some $$. They turned out as good as the above pictures.



Okay, I was debating rather to buy new rims or polish my originals. My originals had corrosion that snuck under the Clear coat and were a bit banged up on the sides due to balance wgts. To save a little $$ I decided to fix up the original rims. Now for anyone interested on a "how to" I'll recap my day of rim polishing for you. This is not for the faint at heart, it took me the WHOLE day and I mean until dark to finish this project.

You'll Need
1-Paint Stripper (I used Stripeze) $6.29
2-Polishing Cream (I used Mothers) $6.99
3-000 Steel wool $1.99
4-Paint Brush (small, for applying stripper) $1.99
5-Plastic scraper $.99
6-Mothers Power Ball (miniature) $19.99
7-Garned hose and soap

Around $38 bucks, give or take a two. You could live without the Power Ball but it saved some elbow greese for sure.

First off, I didn't remove my tires or want to strip any of the silver paint on my rims. This made it a bit more difficult because I had to be real careful not to get stripper on the painted areas.

1- I removed the wheels off from one side of the vehicle to due two at one time (seemed to work faster)
2-Removed the balance wgts. (Took digital pics so that I put them on the same spot.)
3-I sanded and painted the balance wgts. While they were off
4-Clean rim and tire very good with cleaner
5-Applied coat of stripper and let sit for 15 minutes
6-scrubbed with stiff brush first, then a plastic scraper and finally with steel wool.
7-I had to repeat #5 & #6 two more times to get the entire clear coat off
8-hosed and scrubbed all remaining signs of stripper
9-Took mothers Power Ball and stuck it in the polishing compound
10-Polished rims with Power Ball for about 5 minutes, cleaned with water and soap.
11-Repeated #10 two more times
12-Cleaned with soap and water
13-dryed and put balance wgts. & Center caps back on
14-Put Armour all on tires and bolted back on the car.

The rims turned out awesome. I'll take some pics tomorrow and try to post them. I know they will take a little more work to keep clean for now on, but they look like new rims. If anyone has any questions just let me know and I'll help. AGAIN, this took me all day but it was worth it.