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YOUR RESEARCHAnyone had BBS LM's refinished? - Page 1 - 911/Carrera GT - PistonHeads UK

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I had the centres hand painted/sprayed with BBS Gold paint, and in the end I had the rims powder coated using a silver (or close to) finish.

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I had the centres hand painted/sprayed with BBS Gold paint, and in the end I had the rims powder coated using a silver (or close to) finish.

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POST 1 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

If so what was done to the outer lips in terms of protecting the polished(?) surface? I am trying to decide what to do with mine. Paint guy told me these modern water based acrylic clear coats wont stick properly to aluminium. I am not sure if just waxing them is enough because of the dust from aggressive track pads.. To be honest I am not sure if I even want polished lips in my car.. The lips are dull grey/silver from soda blasting at the moment and they look ace with gold centers.

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Hi - I had a set of silvers changed to silver/gold centres. I had the centres hand painted/sprayed with BBS Gold paint, and in the end I had the rims powder coated using a silver (or close to) finish. The contrast with the gold centres means that the shade difference between the powder coat and original aluminium(?) is not noticeable....plus they are much more durable now. I also have another set of original silver BBS LMs and have no problem with the refinished ones. I had mine done by http://www.wheelrefurbishing.co.uk/

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Looks fantastic! I'll have to investigate the powder coating option for sure.

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I had my LM's stripped and polished by Mike the polisher and the finish was mirror but they required a lot of looking after as it was raw alloy. I have recently had them re done with a seal grey center and chrome powder coated outer and they give 90% of the look with no maintenance.

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Thanks Neil, my thoughts exactly. I really don't want to spend my spare time polishing wheels over and over again. Powder coat it is then.

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