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if you can get them true ... Posted by bobc [Email] (#473) [Profile/Gallery] (more from bobc) on Mon, 7 Oct 2019 07:05:47 In Reply to: 2 pcs bbs rims. Refinish?, Liam, Sat, 5 Oct 2019 08:02:02 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
... refinish and keep them. I really like the BBS RKII wheels and think that they look great. I'd say they are worth keeping if you can get them true.
I've refinished mine *3 times*!
- take 1: Dissembled the wheels, took the parts to a powder coat shop to powder coat both pieces. They bungled the job, looked awful.
- take 2: took them to different powder coat guy, he stripped the botched job, and re-powder coated. did an amazing job. he used a clear powder on the rim portion. They were good for 10 years, but then the clear on the outer rims started to craze
- take 3: last year, I disassembled them again, the inner alloy portion was fine, so I painted the outer (aluminum) rim with plasti-dip. I'm really happy with the results.
if you decide to disassemble you'll need this:
https://shop.snapon.com/product/FTSM8E
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