Refurbishing on Mesh wheels

[themiller13]

I know I've been blowing up these forum with questions of how to's and what not, but I'm getting a chance to demobilize the teg for a week and put some work into it.

The wheels I have look like this

All shiny and what not, but inbetween the spoke parts there is that discoloration and I want it gone. I've read threads from Honda-tech and Clubintegra on how to wet sand and rub with rubbing alcohol and stuff like that, and ultimately cover it in a clear coat.

I want to keep the same color but just make it look better.

Can anyone
a) point me in the direction of a legitamate DIY thread on this
b) tell me more about the clear coat
c) tell me if anything i have mentioned will actually do anything to these blemishes
d) give me any pointers on how to do this if you've already done it.

Info I've found so far

http://www.ehow.com/way_5215264_refinishing-stock-rims.html

http://honda-tech.com/showthread.php?t=1681633

http://www.clubintegra.com/board/showthread.php?t=70857

 

[ATEGGY94]

Wetdry sandpaper self etching primer sciff pad news paper masking tape and paint that matches the rim
Thats what you need

 

[White95SE]

Let us know how it goes.

 

[ProjectTeg]

To be honest, you don't even need to paint the rims. You could just polish them up and leave them as is.

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[white4d96]

...Have you tried cleaning them? Honestly in the pic it just looks like brake dust. Hit them with a good wheel cleaner before you start attacking them with sandpaper.

 

[themiller13]

It wasn't brake dust, the paint was almost corroding off. And I decided to go with a black underside on the mesh as well

I don't have a close up of the wheels but here's what I have. For a before and after on the whole project.

Before

After

The shine pops more after being clear coated and the other part being blacked out. It was a b**** to tape off the whole thing to paint though