Ok so my 88' Trans Am came with GTA charocoal rims on it. But my dad decided to clean them after sitting in the barn all winter with a small sos pad and left small scrathes on the polished lip causing them to look dull and faded. What can i use to get the surface scrathces out and make them look shiny and bright again? Also how hard is it repaint them youself. What grit sand paper will i need? any adive is appreacited!

 

Try this link.

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

Hope it helps

 

wow when i get some free time i may just have to try that. Thanks for the info!

 

Ok well i just recieved my other crosslaced rim from Foward540 yesterday. Came off an 86 T/A that was in a junk yard so the rim was very dirty and even has small rust dots everywhere. Cleaned it the best i could but how can i get those dots off the polished lip without stripping it? ill take a pic so you all can get a better look at the rim.

 

If you don't want to mess with the hassle of getting the tires and valve stems removed then check out what I did a couple of weeks ago with my newly acquired cross laces:
http://www.austinthirdgen.org/forum/...showtopic=3437

The first set of rims I stripped/sanded were a major PITA and took forever because I used the sanding technique. They were also the "salad shooter" Firebird wheels.

 

i think ill take that route. Rims look great by the way. How much was the stripper?

 

I think it was around $5-$6. The brush was about 50 cents. I bought 3 brushes but only used one.

 

Did you mask the gold painted part?