I got mine clear powdercoated when I got them, very easy to clean, and pretty damn bulletproof. It's $20 dollars a wheel at primo powdercoating in huntington beach, for all of you in So. cal.
It was all done by stroking and rubbing with my bare hands
Well, with sandpaper in my hand, of course. Ok, get your minds out of the gutter!
I would've loved to have a buffer to do it, would've turned-out even better I think.
And I just bought the clear-coat in a shaker can from the parts store. Its made especially for wheels, to withstand brake dust and chemicals. Worked fine enough, but we'll see if it stands up to the test of time.
About the wifey, well, I'm 190lbs. She's 110lbs. She can pick me up. It scares me. So, the latter?
Ahh! i just caught this thread, i woulda chimmed in sooner! ... i had the EXACT PROBLEM haha, and it was only the rears too! deep dish also, only i had the bullets... i got them from American Muscle... you>?
my pitting is just a lil worse though :/
and i was gonna do the same when it warms up... so thank you for tackling this problem ahead for me so i know how to go about it!
Turned out great man! looks very good!! glad you got it fixed and thanks for the help!
...did you clear just the lip? or the whole wheel again? my center/painted black middle didn't do this either it was fine.. and the fronts perfect shape still too
Wow, glad to see that my case wasn't just an isolated one. It seems to me that the clear coat they put on is extremely thin, since when sanding with 1000-grit, the white milky water you get (paint) quickly turns dark grey (down to metal) in a matter of a few strokes of the sand paper.
And yes, mine are from American Muscle. A friend of mine got the black DD Bullitts as well and last summer the clear coat was peeling off the dish lip, he might also have to go through this in the spring time.
Luckily its not that hard to do. One thing I didn't do, but I'd recommend is using 800-grit on the tire lip, since that area requires a helluvalot more elbow grease to shine-up. Better yet, if you have a dremel, use that.
I applied the clear-coat only on the lip, however I did get some over-spray on the base of the spokes, but you can't really tell. Depending on how finicky you are on the little details, you might want to mask-off the spokes when you re-clear the lip. Don't worry about the tire, the overspray will just wipe-off (you can see in one of the pics, it looks like alot, but it wiped-off easily with a rag).
Good luck with it, man, it should take the better part of a day to do a good job on it.