Got my car used with painted rims, terrible job... anyways wondering if anyone had a secret for removing paint from stock rims....

 

Rim Stripper

 

lol is that serious?

 

basically paint stripper in a can.. but it makes a mess. sanding works is tiresome

 

Anywhere close to you that can sand blast them?

 

^^ lol... not just that, that is a good idea...but that post is sooo fitting to your screen name... LOL

 

Will paint striper remove the stainless finish?

 

Dont know for sure as I havent used it...but it is possible.
most paint thinners, strippers are able to dissolve most finishes.

 

Yeah I'm serious

 

Haha! Maybe I am lazy, but if I needed four wheels completely stripped and could pay someone a modest fee to blast 'em instead of spending hours sanding by hand I would.

 

i forget what its called but i had friend spray something to his painted stockies and it made the paint almost like rubber he just kinda peeled it off like shrink shrap wierd but it looked super clean, the finish was gone cause he had sanded the rims before spray painting them

 

The stock rims are painted also. So a paint stripper will eat it away. Either take forever sanding and repainting (or sandblasting, etc), or just buy an extra set and keep the ones you have now for spares.

 

chances are that whoever painted your rims sanded them so even if you remove the paint with whatever method (stripper, blasting) your still gonna have to paint them with somekind of CPC. reason being is that they are aluminum and will rust without somekind of protection on there

 

If you're looking for something good that will get the paint off, http://www.amazon.com/Klean-Strip-Pa.../dp/B000KKOR1S

That stuff is awesome, you have some work ahead of you.

 

I did not know aluminum could rust. Thats a new one. It might discolor some but aluminum doesnt rust.

 

watching

thinking of changing colors trying to figure out whats the best method.
might just take the hard road and sand it out =/

 

I'm sure aircraft remover will take off whatever is on the wheels. That stuff will eat through everything. Had some parts that were powdercoated, with the aircraft remover and some elbow grease it came off no problem.

 

It oxidizes much in the same way as iron does.

 

sand for about 5 hours with 320 grit, and make sure you do a good job...haha have fun...paint stripper would just be a wet goo mess

 

So im trying to weigh the differences here..

Sand for 5 hours... or Wet mess for 1 hour....

hummmm lol