How can I pull this off guys? I want to keep my stock rims, but the clearcoat is peeling and they look like ****...... Does anyone sell like a kit or something? Any help would be appreciated!

Will

 

Why yes, someone does sell a kit.

www.eastwoodco.com has all the products you need...
here's a couple of links from there that might be helpful:
Mag & Aluminum Wheel Polishing Tech Article
Aluminum Wheel Polishing Kit

The tech artical has links I believe to the specific products you need - but if not, you can find it all there on their website.

 

I was going to ask this exact question too, i want to polish my wheels or paint them,

I was think i will need a varity of polishing wheels,

a small router for high rpms (i can rent one somewhere for a day)

polishing compand

some kind of media blaster to clean off the paint, or i guess i could use wire brushes and stuff or i could resort to chemicals to clean up the really small areas.

I'm going to check out those sites.

My only question is, what the heck will i do with plastic center caps?

 

I could use air tools to polish instead of the router, there high enough rpm, and the assorment of wheels is only like $25, i've plenty of polish stuff around and 2 cans of clearcoat is only $10, and get like $10 worth of sand paper, i'm in business. I won't even bother with the area under the cap and i will paint the cap black or green to match the car.

 

I would follow that Eastwood guide pretty closely -
They take into account stripping the wheels, so you could just go that route.

I also know that Wal-Mart sells some "Air-Craft Remover" (blue can, with automotive body stuff) that works really well. DO NOT let the stuff touch you though.

But I would just stip them, lightly sand any imperfections out, and polish using the compounds mentioned with the wheels mentioned.

I wouldn't clear coat though if I were you - reason being, you can't polish a clear coat. You can wash it and use some carnuba wax to keep it shiney for a while - but once the clear coat gets oxidized, your wheels are ugly. Just leave them polished aluminum, keep them clean, and use some regular aluminum polish (Mothers, etc.) every so often.

A pneumatic die-grinder will work great for such projects - plenty enough RPM's - and small enough to get into all the corners good.

What wheels do you have? I'll try and help you collaborate on the center caps...

 

i'm doing that now. stripper for the paint and clearcoat. sandpaper for the bare aluminum, moving up in coarseness as you go, then the steel wool. so far it's looking pretty f'ing good.

here's a site i've been kind of using for a reference...

http://www.fierofocus.com/articles/T...0Polishing.htm

http://www.gmtips.com/3rd-degree/dox...els/wheels.htm