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Its not really a full on restoration, hence the thread title, but my black rims have gotten really tatty and scratched over the winter, also they are/were black so the scratches show up more and look like shit.
I would respray them/get them resprayed but the same thing will inevitably happen again eventually so i was thinking of stripping whats left of the black finish and just having the bare aluminium exposed..
Does anyone have any experience of this? Research suggests paint stripper and steel wool will work, but someone warned me this could make them look worse.. Any suggestions on how to make the rims look good again, sans paint?
ta very much