How best to un-do an old color change, and restore to OEM, or refinish properly?

[mynamenumber]

Hi all,

I'm not familiar AT ALL with wheel refinishing. I bought a set of 135s for a good price, but they need to be refinished or stripped or something. Check it out:

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I'd love for them to either be restored to original, or perhaps finished in a silver that is the same as the silver of the car itself (so the whole thing has a match-y silver / black look).

Thoughts on next steps? Do I need to take them to some type of shop, and what keywords do I use to search for this shop? I'm in Eugene, OR if anyone knows a specific place.

Thanks!

[fredo]

Dup with next post.

[fredo]

I heard good things about Wheel Technologies, but didn't see any location in Oregon.

http://www.wheeltechnologies.com/

[BMWCurves]

I have no clue either, but in for other members' input.

[KevinC]

Take them to local wheel pro (hopefully one will be local so you don't have to incur 2-way shipping cost) and have them professionally refinished. Typical cost $100-$125 per wheel. They will fix any bends, cracks, chips, scrapes, etc in the process, and they will come back good as new. WELL worth the investment IMHO.

[hcbeck2689]

Has anyone ever tried using brake fluid to strip paint? I feel like it might work well. It would take it all the way down to the metal. I feel that if your wheels are not damaged then you could get them repainted for less than $100/wheel


-Holden

[az3579]

Has anyone ever tried using brake fluid to strip paint? I feel like it might work well. It would take it all the way down to the metal. I feel that if your wheels are not damaged then you could get them repainted for less than $100/wheel


-Holden

That would take an eternity. Aircraft stripper works best.

[ELCID86]

Find a local shop. Bad clown had good luck with one in OH.


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[mynamenumber]

Thanks again for the tips everyone, mounting them tomorrow...

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[az3579]

What did you end up doing?

[mynamenumber]

Took it to these folks, who run a semi-mobile operation in this area:
http://www.awrswheelrepair.com/eugene

They discounted the price a bit by not doing some of the very minor curb rash repair they normally would have. Not too expensive in the end.

[KevinC]

I've used their local franchise in Phoenix a few years ago when I scraped up the rims on my (former) Z4MC. They did a pretty decent job for being mobile, and 5 years later, the finish was still holding up.

I noticed the rash in the pics - seems penny wise/pound foolish to skip fixing that, when they were already refinishing?

[mynamenumber]

You mean the tiny couple of ridges in the left one? It's really quite invisible from most angles. I really just wanted the job done for now, I'm sure I'll consider a full repair job in the future but just happy to get the right wheels on the car for now!

[mynamenumber]

I meant to post the actual car, post-install, and say "thanks again" to everyone for the help thinking this through.

I posted a while back, maybe in the general questions thread, about a weird rut-following situation. Someone referred to it as trammeling, or tram-lining, and suggested the former wheel and tire combo might be the culprit. Thanks for that as well, as these new wheels exhibit NONE of that behavior thus far.

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[BMWCurves]

Looks good :thumbsup