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I have a thread with my BBS LM refinish but I figured I would post it in here as well. I sold the Audi and really don't know if I'll have a car for these anytime soon so I'm considering selling them. It will be tough though.
I bought the wheels used and they weren't in the best shape.
I took them apart and polished the lips. First I chemically stripped them then hand polished each one. Each lip took about 6 hours from start to finish.
lips polished
Then it was time to start on the faces. I decided to do a thorough sandblast and clear coat them. I thought this would be a neat finish and be pretty unique. One of my good friends has his own sandblast cabinet, power coat gun/oven, compressor, etc. so I did them over at his place. Each face took around 4 hours of thorough sandblasting to completely strip everything evenly. It was a huge PITA. We then powder coated them with 40% clear.
Here's one sandblasted without clear coat vs one that was cleared and cured. The clear definitely darkened them up a bit.
My HRE 943R.
20x9" and 20x10". 2.5" and 3.5" lips respectively. Faces powdercoated candy teal.
I got these in terrible shape. Fixed the barrels the best I could and polished the lips that weren't bent. 60-80-120-220-400-600-800-1000-1500-3000 grit sanding and wetsandng, and then polish. Nuts and bolts soaked in vinegar and all scrubbed by hand. New center caps too.
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